Re: [PATCH v1 2/5] dmaengine: idxd: fix memory leak in error handling path of idxd_setup_engines

From: Dave Jiang
Date: Fri Feb 14 2025 - 11:37:48 EST




On 1/10/25 1:22 AM, Shuai Xue wrote:
> Memory allocated for engines is not freed if an error occurs during
> idxd_setup_engines(). To fix it, free the allocated memory in the
> reverse order of allocation before exiting the function in case of an
> error.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shuai Xue <xueshuai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> drivers/dma/idxd/init.c | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c b/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c
> index 6772d9251cd7..12df895dcbe9 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c
> @@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ static int idxd_setup_engines(struct idxd_device *idxd)
> rc = dev_set_name(conf_dev, "engine%d.%d", idxd->id, engine->id);
> if (rc < 0) {
> put_device(conf_dev);
> + kfree(engine);
> goto err;
> }
>
> @@ -288,7 +289,10 @@ static int idxd_setup_engines(struct idxd_device *idxd)
> engine = idxd->engines[i];
> conf_dev = engine_confdev(engine);
> put_device(conf_dev);
> + kfree(engine);
> }
> + kfree(idxd->engines);
> +
> return rc;
> }
>