Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 15 Dec 2020 20:08:15 +0100 | From | Maxime Ripard <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] net: allwinner: Fix some resources leak in the error handling path of the probe and in the remove function |
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On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 07:18:48PM +0100, Christophe JAILLET wrote: > Le 15/12/2020 à 12:37, Maxime Ripard a écrit : > > On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 12:11:53PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 09:56:55AM +0100, Maxime Ripard wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 09:21:17PM +0100, Christophe JAILLET wrote: > > > > > 'irq_of_parse_and_map()' should be balanced by a corresponding > > > > > 'irq_dispose_mapping()' call. Otherwise, there is some resources leaks. > > > > > > > > Do you have a source to back that? It's not clear at all from the > > > > documentation for those functions, and couldn't find any user calling it > > > > from the ten-or-so random picks I took. > > > > > > It looks like irq_create_of_mapping() needs to be freed with > > > irq_dispose_mapping() so this is correct. > > > > The doc should be updated first to make that clear then, otherwise we're > > going to fix one user while multiples will have poped up > > > > Maxime > > > > Hi, > > as Dan explained, I think that 'irq_dispose_mapping()' is needed because of > the 'irq_create_of_mapping()" within 'irq_of_parse_and_map()'. > > As you suggest, I'll propose a doc update to make it clear and more future > proof.
Thanks :)
And if you feel like it, a coccinelle script would be awesome too so that other users get fixed over time
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