Re: [PATCH] kernel: relay: Improve exception handling in relay_create_buf()

[Andrew Morton]

On Sun, 31 Dec 2023 10:38:10 +0100 Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@xxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2023 10:26:25 +0100
> 
> The kfree() function was called in one case by
> the relay_create_buf() function during error handling
> even if the passed data structure member contained a null pointer.
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> 
> Thus use another label.
> 
> ...
>
> --- a/kernel/relay.c
> +++ b/kernel/relay.c
> @@ -161,14 +161,15 @@ static struct rchan_buf *relay_create_buf(struct rchan *chan)
> 
>  	buf->start = relay_alloc_buf(buf, &chan->alloc_size);
>  	if (!buf->start)
> -		goto free_buf;
> +		goto free_padding;
> 
>  	buf->chan = chan;
>  	kref_get(&buf->chan->kref);
>  	return buf;
> 
> -free_buf:
> +free_padding:
>  	kfree(buf->padding);
> +free_buf:
>  	kfree(buf);
>  	return NULL;
>  }

kfree(NULL) is an OK thing to do, and is a well-known pattern.  Can we
arrange for Coccinelle to understand this?