[ldv-project] [PATCH] carl9170: fix leaks at failure path in carl9170_usb_probe()

Alexey Khoroshilov khoroshilov at ispras.ru
Sat Sep 28 09:16:20 MSK 2013


On 28.09.2013 00:17, Fabio Estevam wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 12:51 AM, Alexey Khoroshilov
> <khoroshilov at ispras.ru> wrote:
>
>> -       return request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE, 1, CARL9170FW_NAME,
>> +       err = request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE, 1, CARL9170FW_NAME,
>>                  &ar->udev->dev, GFP_KERNEL, ar, carl9170_usb_firmware_step2);
>> +       if (err) {
>> +               usb_put_dev(udev);
>> +               usb_put_dev(udev);
> You are doing the same free twice.
Yes, because it was get twice.
> I guess you meant to also free: usb_put_dev(ar->udev)
udev and ar->udev are equal, so technically the patch is correct.

I agree that there is some inconsistency, but I would prefer to fix it 
at usb_get_dev() side with a comment about reasons for the double get.

--
Alexey




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