[patch 4/6] physmap: fix leak of memory returned by parse_mtd_partitions
akpm at linux-foundation.org
akpm at linux-foundation.org
Mon Dec 1 17:23:39 EST 2008
From: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo at mba.ocn.ne.jp>
The mtd partition parser returns an allocated pointer array of
mtd_partition. The caller must free it. The array is used only for
add_mtd_partitions(), so free it just after the call.
Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo at mba.ocn.ne.jp>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2 at infradead.org>
Cc: Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm at linux-foundation.org>
---
drivers/mtd/maps/physmap.c | 17 ++++++++---------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff -puN drivers/mtd/maps/physmap.c~physmap-fix-leak-of-memory-returned-by-parse_mtd_partitions drivers/mtd/maps/physmap.c
--- a/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap.c~physmap-fix-leak-of-memory-returned-by-parse_mtd_partitions
+++ a/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ struct physmap_flash_info {
struct map_info map[MAX_RESOURCES];
#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
int nr_parts;
- struct mtd_partition *parts;
#endif
};
@@ -56,14 +55,10 @@ static int physmap_flash_remove(struct p
for (i = 0; i < MAX_RESOURCES; i++) {
if (info->mtd[i] != NULL) {
#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
- if (info->nr_parts) {
+ if (info->nr_parts || physmap_data->nr_parts)
del_mtd_partitions(info->mtd[i]);
- kfree(info->parts);
- } else if (physmap_data->nr_parts) {
- del_mtd_partitions(info->mtd[i]);
- } else {
+ else
del_mtd_device(info->mtd[i]);
- }
#else
del_mtd_device(info->mtd[i]);
#endif
@@ -86,6 +81,9 @@ static int physmap_flash_probe(struct pl
int err = 0;
int i;
int devices_found = 0;
+#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
+ struct mtd_partition *parts;
+#endif
physmap_data = dev->dev.platform_data;
if (physmap_data == NULL)
@@ -166,9 +164,10 @@ static int physmap_flash_probe(struct pl
goto err_out;
#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
- err = parse_mtd_partitions(info->cmtd, part_probe_types, &info->parts, 0);
+ err = parse_mtd_partitions(info->cmtd, part_probe_types, &parts, 0);
if (err > 0) {
- add_mtd_partitions(info->cmtd, info->parts, err);
+ add_mtd_partitions(info->cmtd, parts, err);
+ kfree(parts);
return 0;
}
_
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