Re: [PATCH] lightnvm: prevent memory leak in nvm_bb_chunk_sense
From: Javier González <hidden>
Date: 2019-09-30 08:06:44
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From: Javier González <hidden>
Date: 2019-09-30 08:06:44
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On 30 Sep 2019, at 04.34, Navid Emamdoost [off-list ref] wrote: In nvm_bb_chunk_sense alloc_page allocates memory which is released at the end of the function. But if nvm_submit_io_sync_raw fails the error check skips the release and leaks the allocated page. To fix this issue I moved the __free_page call before error check. Fixes: aff3fb18f957 ("lightnvm: move bad block and chunk state logic to core") Signed-off-by: Navid Emamdoost <redacted> --- drivers/lightnvm/core.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c index 7543e395a2c6..5fdae518f6c9 100644 --- a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c +++ b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c@@ -849,11 +849,12 @@ static int nvm_bb_chunk_sense(struct nvm_dev *dev, struct ppa_addr ppa)rqd.ppa_addr = generic_to_dev_addr(dev, ppa); ret = nvm_submit_io_sync_raw(dev, &rqd); - if (ret) - return ret; __free_page(page); + if (ret) + return ret; + return rqd.error; } -- 2.17.1
You’re right, there is a leak here. Fix looks good to me. Reviewed-by: Javier González <redacted>