Re: [PATCH] staging: vchiq_arm: Utilize devm_kzalloc in the probe() function

[Stefan Wahren]

Hi Umang,

Am 13.10.24 um 19:16 schrieb Umang Jain:
> The two resources, 'mgmt' and 'platform_state' are currently allocated
> dynamically using kzalloc(). Unfortunately, both are subject to memory
> leaks in the error handling paths of the probe() function.
>
> To address this issue, use device resource management helper devm_kzalloc()
> for proper cleanup during allocation.
>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: 1c9e16b73166 ("staging: vc04_services: vchiq_arm: Split driver static and runtime data")
> Signed-off-by: Umang Jain <umang.jain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   .../staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c   | 6 ++----
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c
> index 29e78700463f..373cfdd5b020 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c
> @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ vchiq_platform_init_state(struct vchiq_state *state)
>   {
>   	struct vchiq_arm_state *platform_state;
>
> -	platform_state = kzalloc(sizeof(*platform_state), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	platform_state = devm_kzalloc(state->dev, sizeof(*platform_state), GFP_KERNEL);
From my understand this leak has been there from the beginning and
platform_state is never freed. So I think this patch should be splitted,
because the Fixes applies only to the rest of the patch.

Regards
>   	if (!platform_state)
>   		return -ENOMEM;
>
> @@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ static int vchiq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>   		return -ENOENT;
>   	}
>
> -	mgmt = kzalloc(sizeof(*mgmt), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	mgmt = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*mgmt), GFP_KERNEL);
>   	if (!mgmt)
>   		return -ENOMEM;
>
> @@ -1402,8 +1402,6 @@ static void vchiq_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>
>   	arm_state = vchiq_platform_get_arm_state(&mgmt->state);
>   	kthread_stop(arm_state->ka_thread);
> -
> -	kfree(mgmt);
>   }
>
>   static struct platform_driver vchiq_driver = {