[PATCH v2 1/2] staging: vchiq_arm: Utilise devm_kzalloc() for allocation

Dan Carpenter dan.carpenter at linaro.org
Sun Oct 13 23:39:42 PDT 2024


On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 11:42:55AM +0530, Umang Jain wrote:
> The struct vchiq_arm_state 'platform_state' is currently allocated
> dynamically using kzalloc(). Unfortunately, it is never freed and is
> subjected to memory leaks in the error handling paths of the probe()
> function.
> 
> To address the issue, use device resource management helper
> devm_kzalloc(), to ensure cleanup after its allocation.
> 
> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Umang Jain <umang.jain at ideasonboard.com>
> ---

Checkpatch warns that:

WARNING: The commit message has 'stable@', perhaps it also needs a 'Fixes:' tag?

(I'm the person who created this checkpatch warning.)  Fixes tags aren't just
for regressions they're for any bug fixes.  So the Fixes tag here should point
to when the driver was introduced.

Even if the Fixes tag points to the first git commit, it's useful information
so, please, always include it.

regards,
dan carpenter




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