Re: [PATCH v2] nvdimm: of_pmem: Check return value and add kfree for kstrdup

From: Ira Weiny
Date: Tue Aug 29 2023 - 18:46:50 EST


Chen Ni wrote:
> Check the return value of kstrdup() and add kfree() for kstrdup() to
> avoid memory leak.
>
> Fixes: 49bddc73d15c ("libnvdimm/of_pmem: Provide a unique name for bus provider")
> Signed-off-by: Chen Ni <nichen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changelog:
>
> v1 -> v2:
>
> 1.Add a fixes tag.
> 2.Update commit message.
> ---
> drivers/nvdimm/of_pmem.c | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/of_pmem.c b/drivers/nvdimm/of_pmem.c
> index 10dbdcdfb9ce..fe6edb7e6631 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvdimm/of_pmem.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvdimm/of_pmem.c
> @@ -31,11 +31,17 @@ static int of_pmem_region_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> return -ENOMEM;
>
> priv->bus_desc.provider_name = kstrdup(pdev->name, GFP_KERNEL);

Could this be done with a devm_kstrdup()?

> + if (!priv->bus_desc.provider_name) {
> + kfree(priv);
> + return -ENOMEM;
> + }
> +
> priv->bus_desc.module = THIS_MODULE;
> priv->bus_desc.of_node = np;
>
> priv->bus = bus = nvdimm_bus_register(&pdev->dev, &priv->bus_desc);
> if (!bus) {
> + kfree(priv->bus_desc.provider_name);

If not using devm_kstrdup() don't you need a kfree in
of_pmem_region_remove?

Ira

> kfree(priv);
> return -ENODEV;
> }
> --
> 2.25.1
>