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Subject: Re: [PATCH] knav_qmss_queue: fix a missing-check bug in
 knav_pool_create()
To:     Gen Zhang <blackgod016574@gmail.com>, ssantosh@kernel.org,
        olof@lixom.net
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Date:   Tue, 11 Jun 2019 10:54:15 +0100
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Hi Gen,

No idea why I'm being cc'd on this but hey... ;-)

On 11/06/2019 10:37, Gen Zhang wrote:
> On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 11:39:49AM +0800, Gen Zhang wrote:
>> In knav_pool_create(), 'pool->name' is allocated by kstrndup(). It
>> returns NULL when fails. So 'pool->name' should be checked. And free
>> 'pool' when error.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Gen Zhang <blackgod016574@gmail.com>
>> ---
>> diff --git a/drivers/soc/ti/knav_qmss_queue.c b/drivers/soc/ti/knav_qmss_queue.c
>> index 8b41837..0f8cb28 100644
>> --- a/drivers/soc/ti/knav_qmss_queue.c
>> +++ b/drivers/soc/ti/knav_qmss_queue.c
>> @@ -814,6 +814,12 @@ void *knav_pool_create(const char *name,
>>  	}
>>  
>>  	pool->name = kstrndup(name, KNAV_NAME_SIZE - 1, GFP_KERNEL);
>> +	if (!pool->name) {
>> +		dev_err(kdev->dev, "failed to duplicate for pool(%s)\n",
>> +			name);

There is no need to output anything, the kernel will be loud enough if
you run out of memory.

>> +		ret = -ENOMEM;
>> +		goto err_name;
>> +	}
>>  	pool->kdev = kdev;
>>  	pool->dev = kdev->dev;
>>  
>> @@ -864,6 +870,7 @@ void *knav_pool_create(const char *name,
>>  	mutex_unlock(&knav_dev_lock);
>>  err:
>>  	kfree(pool->name);
>> +err_name:

kfree(NULL) is perfectly valid, there is no need to create a second
label. Just branch to the existing error label.

>>  	devm_kfree(kdev->dev, pool);
>>  	return ERR_PTR(ret);
>>  }
> Can anyone look into this patch?
> 
> Thanks
> Gen
> 

The real question is whether this is actually an error at all.
pool->name doesn't seem to be used for anything but debug information,
and the printing code can perfectly accommodate a NULL pointer.

Thanks,

	M.
-- 
Jazz is not dead. It just smells funny...