Re: [PATCH] fix leakes in request_firmware_nowait

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matthieu castet wrote:
Hi,


request_firmware_nowait wasn't checking return error and forgot to free memory in some case.

This patch should fix it.

Signed-off-by: Matthieu CASTET <[email protected]>


And I forgot a case when _request_firmware return an error.

This one should be correct.

Signed-off-by: Matthieu CASTET <[email protected]>
Index: linux-2.6.14/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.14.orig/drivers/base/firmware_class.c	2005-10-28 02:02:08.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.14/drivers/base/firmware_class.c	2005-11-10 22:47:23.000000000 +0100
@@ -511,18 +511,23 @@
 {
 	struct firmware_work *fw_work = arg;
 	const struct firmware *fw;
+	int ret;
 	if (!arg) {
 		WARN_ON(1);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	daemonize("%s/%s", "firmware", fw_work->name);
-	_request_firmware(&fw, fw_work->name, fw_work->device,
+	ret = _request_firmware(&fw, fw_work->name, fw_work->device,
 		fw_work->hotplug);
-	fw_work->cont(fw, fw_work->context);
-	release_firmware(fw);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		fw_work->cont(NULL, fw_work->context);
+	else {
+		fw_work->cont(fw, fw_work->context);
+		release_firmware(fw);
+	}
 	module_put(fw_work->module);
 	kfree(fw_work);
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -573,6 +578,8 @@
 
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		fw_work->cont(NULL, fw_work->context);
+		module_put(fw_work->module);
+		kfree(fw_work);
 		return ret;
 	}
 	return 0;

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