Re: [PATCH] kdb: remove usage of static environment buffer

[Nir Lichtman]

On Mon, Feb 03, 2025 at 01:13:31PM -0800, Doug Anderson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM Nir Lichtman <nir@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > @@ -348,9 +315,12 @@ static int kdb_setenv(const char *var, const char *val)
> >
[..]
> > +               kdb_printf("Could not allocate space for the env var: %s\n",
> > +                               var);
> 
> You don't need the printout. kmalloc is already very shouty if memory
> allocations fail.
> 
> 
> > +               return KDB_KMALLOCFAILED;
[..]
> > +                       kfree(__env[i]);
> 
> I haven't tested it, but shouldn't the above be kfree_const() instead
> of kfree()? Otherwise won't you be trying to kfree() the initial
> strings? ...or am I missing something?

Hi Doug,

Thanks for the review, you're right, my bad, I'll fix to use kfree_const.

Sending shortly a v2 with the fixes.

Nir

> 
> 
> -Doug