[PATCH] ath11k: mhi: fix potential memory leak in ath11k_mhi_register()

[Jeff Johnson]

On 9/7/2022 12:37 AM, Jianglei Nie wrote:
> mhi_alloc_controller() allocates a memory space for mhi_ctrl. When gets
> some error, mhi_ctrl should be freed with mhi_free_controller(). But
> when ath11k_mhi_read_addr_from_dt() fails, the function returns without
> calling mhi_free_controller(), which will lead to a memory leak.
> 
> We can fix it by calling mhi_free_controller() when
> ath11k_mhi_read_addr_from_dt() fails.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jianglei Nie <niejianglei2021 at 163.com>

I believe this should have been annotated as -v2 to the following:
<https://lore.kernel.org/ath11k/20220526100227.483609-1-niejianglei2021@163.com/>

Please properly annotate follow-up patches.

Also please add wifi: to the beginning of the subject prefix


> ---
>   drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mhi.c | 17 ++++++++++-------
>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mhi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mhi.c
> index c44df17719f6..86995e8dc913 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mhi.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mhi.c
> @@ -402,8 +402,7 @@ int ath11k_mhi_register(struct ath11k_pci *ab_pci)
>   	ret = ath11k_mhi_get_msi(ab_pci);
>   	if (ret) {
>   		ath11k_err(ab, "failed to get msi for mhi\n");
> -		mhi_free_controller(mhi_ctrl);
> -		return ret;
> +		goto free_controller;
>   	}
>   
>   	if (!test_bit(ATH11K_FLAG_MULTI_MSI_VECTORS, &ab->dev_flags))
> @@ -412,7 +411,7 @@ int ath11k_mhi_register(struct ath11k_pci *ab_pci)
>   	if (test_bit(ATH11K_FLAG_FIXED_MEM_RGN, &ab->dev_flags)) {
>   		ret = ath11k_mhi_read_addr_from_dt(mhi_ctrl);
>   		if (ret < 0)
> -			return ret;
> +			goto free_controller;
>   	} else {
>   		mhi_ctrl->iova_start = 0;
>   		mhi_ctrl->iova_stop = 0xFFFFFFFF;
> @@ -440,18 +439,22 @@ int ath11k_mhi_register(struct ath11k_pci *ab_pci)
>   	default:
>   		ath11k_err(ab, "failed assign mhi_config for unknown hw rev %d\n",
>   			   ab->hw_rev);
> -		mhi_free_controller(mhi_ctrl);
> -		return -EINVAL;
> +		ret = -EINVAL;
> +		goto free_controller;
>   	}
>   
>   	ret = mhi_register_controller(mhi_ctrl, ath11k_mhi_config);
>   	if (ret) {
>   		ath11k_err(ab, "failed to register to mhi bus, err = %d\n", ret);
> -		mhi_free_controller(mhi_ctrl);
> -		return ret;
> +		goto free_controller;
>   	}
>   
>   	return 0;
> +
> +free_controller:
> +	mhi_free_controller(mhi_ctrl);
> +	ab_pci->mhi_ctrl = NULL;
> +	return ret;
>   }
>   
>   void ath11k_mhi_unregister(struct ath11k_pci *ab_pci)

Reviewed-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson at quicinc.com>