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Re: [PATCH 02/11] virtio_console: Less function calls in init_vqs() after error detection

From: Amit Shah <hidden>
Date: 2016-09-21 12:10:42
Also in: lkml, virtualization

Hi,

On (Wed) 14 Sep 2016 [16:01:28], SF Markus Elfring wrote:
From: Markus Elfring <redacted>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 14:00:35 +0200

The kfree() function was called in up to five cases
by the init_vqs() function during error handling even if
the passed variable contained a null pointer.

* Return directly after a call of the function "kmalloc_array" failed
  at the beginning.

* Split a condition check for memory allocation failures so that
  each pointer from these function calls will be checked immediately.

  See also background information:
  Topic "CWE-754: Improper check for unusual or exceptional conditions"
  Link: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/754.html

* Adjust jump targets according to the Linux coding style convention.
So I've seen this series and I'm not yet sure how I feel about the
patches - f.e. in this one, it adds more lines than it removes to
achieve the same effect.  I think the code is currently more readable
than after these changes.  And even if kfree is called multiple times,
it isn't a huge bother -- it's error case anyway, very unlikely to
trigger, but keeps everything very readble.


		Amit
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