Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: iucv: Free memory obtained by kzalloc

From: Cornelia Huck <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 12:56:29 +0100

On Wed, 28 Feb 2018 17:14:55 +0530
Arvind Yadav <[email-masked]> wrote:

> On Wednesday 28 February 2018 04:00 PM, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> > On Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:24:16 +0530
> > Arvind Yadav <[email-masked]> wrote:
> >  
> >> Free memory, if afiucv_iucv_init is not successful and
> >> removing a IUCV driver.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <[email-masked]>
> >> ---
> >>   net/iucv/af_iucv.c | 5 ++++-
> >>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/net/iucv/af_iucv.c b/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
> >> index 1e8cc7b..eb0995a 100644
> >> --- a/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
> >> +++ b/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
> >> @@ -2433,9 +2433,11 @@ static int afiucv_iucv_init(void)
> >>   	af_iucv_dev->driver = &af_iucv_driver;
> >>   	err = device_register(af_iucv_dev);
> >>   	if (err)
> >> -		goto out_driver;
> >> +		goto out_iucv_dev;
> >>   	return 0;
> >>   
> >> +out_iucv_dev:
> >> +	kfree(af_iucv_dev);
> >>   out_driver:
> >>   	driver_unregister(&af_iucv_driver);
> >>   out_iucv:
> >> @@ -2496,6 +2498,7 @@ static void __exit afiucv_exit(void)
> >>   {
> >>   	if (pr_iucv) {
> >>   		device_unregister(af_iucv_dev);
> >> +		kfree(af_iucv_dev);
> >>   		driver_unregister(&af_iucv_driver);
> >>   		pr_iucv->iucv_unregister(&af_iucv_handler, 0);
> >>   		symbol_put(iucv_if);  
> > No, you must not use kfree() after you called device_register() (even
> > if it was not successful!) -- see the comment for device_register().  
> Yes, Your are right. First we need to call put_device() then kfree().
> I will send updated patch.

No, that's not correct, either. device_register() will give up any
reference it obtained, and the caller did not obtain any additional
reference, so a put_device() would be wrong. A kfree() on a refcounted
structure is wrong as well.