Re: [PATCH] libnvdimm/of_pmem: Fix memory leak in of_pmem_region_probe()

[Tarun Sahu]

Hi,
Thanks for resolving it.

All looks good. Except a thing, there is no check for return status of
ksrdup too. that can also be part of this patch.

On Nov 23 2022, Xiu Jianfeng wrote:
> After changes in commit 49bddc73d15c ("libnvdimm/of_pmem: Provide a unique
> name for bus provider"), @priv->bus_desc.provider_name is no longer a
> const string, but a dynamic string allocated by kstrdup(), it should be
> freed on the error path, and when driver is removed.
> 
> Fixes: 49bddc73d15c ("libnvdimm/of_pmem: Provide a unique name for bus provider")
> Signed-off-by: Xiu Jianfeng <xiujianfeng@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/nvdimm/of_pmem.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/of_pmem.c b/drivers/nvdimm/of_pmem.c
> index 10dbdcdfb9ce..1292ffca7b2e 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvdimm/of_pmem.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvdimm/of_pmem.c
> @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ static int of_pmem_region_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  
>  	priv->bus = bus = nvdimm_bus_register(&pdev->dev, &priv->bus_desc);
>  	if (!bus) {
> +		kfree(priv->bus_desc.provider_name);
>  		kfree(priv);
>  		return -ENODEV;
>  	}
> @@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ static int of_pmem_region_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	struct of_pmem_private *priv = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
>  
>  	nvdimm_bus_unregister(priv->bus);
> +	kfree(priv->bus_desc.provider_name);
>  	kfree(priv);
>  
>  	return 0;
> -- 
> 2.17.1
>