RE: [PATCH] function mana_hwc_create_wq leaks memory

From: Dexuan Cui
Date: Thu Jun 10 2021 - 16:03:31 EST


> From: Dhiraj Shah <find.dhiraj@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2021 12:53 PM
> ...
> Hi Dexuan,
>
> Thanks for the feedback.
>
> You are right saying ‘mana_hwc_destroy_wq' free’s up the queue.
>
> However for example if function 'mana_hwc_alloc_dma_buf' fails it will goto
> ‘out' and call ‘mana_hwc_destroy_wq', the value 'hwc_wq->gdma_wq' is
> still not assigned at this point. In the ‘mana_hwc_destroy_wq' function i see

At this point, hwc_wq->gdma_wq stays with its default value NULL.

> it checks for 'hwc_wq->gdma_wq' before calling, ‘mana_gd_destroy_queue',
> which makes me think queue is still not freed.

IMO the current code is not buggy, though I admit it's not very readable. :-)

If you're interested, you're welcome to help make it more readable. I'll also
try to make some time on this.

Thanks,
Dexuan