Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] crypto: hisilicon/qm - modify the process of regs dfx

From: Herbert Xu
Date: Mon Nov 07 2022 - 03:47:32 EST


On Mon, Nov 07, 2022 at 02:53:28PM +0800, yekai (A) wrote:
>
>
> On 2022/11/5 18:18, Herbert Xu wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 05, 2022 at 09:53:54AM +0000, Kai Ye wrote:
> >> +static void dfx_regs_uninit(struct hisi_qm *qm,
> >> + struct dfx_diff_registers *dregs, int reg_len)
> >> +{
> >> + int i;
> >> +
> >> + /* Setting the pointer is NULL to prevent double free */
> >> + for (i = 0; i < reg_len; i++) {
> >> + kfree(dregs[i].regs);
> >> + dregs[i].regs = NULL;
> >> + }
> >> + kfree(dregs);
> >> + dregs = NULL;
> >> +}
> > The line that I complained about is still here.
> >
> > Cheers,
>
> ok

Just to be clear, it's the last line "dregs = NULL" that I was
referring to. It makes no sense to zero a variable that is on
the stack.

Cheers,
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