Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] gpio: sim: fix an invalid __free() usage

From: Bartosz Golaszewski
Date: Sun Sep 17 2023 - 05:08:54 EST


On Sun, Sep 17, 2023 at 10:58 AM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> gpio_sim_make_line_names() returns NULL or ERR_PTR() so we must not use
> __free(kfree) on the returned address. Split this function into two, one
> that determines the size of the "gpio-line-names" array to allocate and
> one that actually sets the names at correct offsets. The allocation and
> assignment of the managed pointer happens in between.
>
> Fixes: 3faf89f27aab ("gpio: sim: simplify code with cleanup helpers")
> Reported-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/07c32bf1-6c1a-49d9-b97d-f0ae4a2b42ab@p183/
> Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

I'm sorry for the noise, I realized I dropped the `if (line->offset >=
bank->num_lines)` check that were added by commit d7459efc9276 ("gpio:
sim: quietly ignore configured lines outside the bank") for a reason.
I need to send a v3 with that restored.

Bartosz