Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: governor: Free dbs_data directly when gov->init() fails

From: Viresh Kumar
Date: Mon Aug 28 2023 - 02:57:27 EST


On 26-08-23, 01:24, Liao Chang wrote:
> Due to the kobject embedded in the dbs_data doest not has a release()
> method yet, it needs to use kfree() to free dbs_data directly when
> governor fails to allocate the tunner field of dbs_data.
>
> Signed-off-by: Liao Chang <liaochang1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
> index 85da677c43d6..6e1ac864e87e 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
> @@ -438,8 +438,10 @@ int cpufreq_dbs_governor_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
> gov_attr_set_init(&dbs_data->attr_set, &policy_dbs->list);
>
> ret = gov->init(dbs_data);
> - if (ret)
> + if (ret) {
> + kfree(dbs_data);
> goto free_policy_dbs_info;
> + }

What about this instead ?

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
index 85da677c43d6..af44ee6a6430 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ int cpufreq_dbs_governor_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)

ret = gov->init(dbs_data);
if (ret)
- goto free_policy_dbs_info;
+ goto free_dbs_data;

/*
* The sampling interval should not be less than the transition latency
@@ -474,6 +474,8 @@ int cpufreq_dbs_governor_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
if (!have_governor_per_policy())
gov->gdbs_data = NULL;
gov->exit(dbs_data);
+
+free_dbs_data:
kfree(dbs_data);

free_policy_dbs_info:

--
viresh