[PATCH 1/2] xfs: fix memory leak in xfs_dir2_node_removename

Mark Tinguely tinguely at sgi.com
Wed Oct 2 16:04:37 CDT 2013


On 10/02/13 15:32, Dave Chinner wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 07:51:11AM -0500, Mark Tinguely wrote:
>> Fix the leak of kernel memory in xfs_dir2_node_removename()
>> when xfs_dir2_leafn_remove() returns an error code.
>>
>> Found by Coverity in userspace same patch applies there also.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Mark Tinguely<tinguely at sgi.com>
>> ---
>>   v2 corrected bad return code as pointed out by Roger Willcocks.
>>
>>   fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_node.c |   14 ++++++++------
>>   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> Index: b/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_node.c
>> ===================================================================
>> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_node.c
>> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_node.c
>> @@ -2105,12 +2105,12 @@ xfs_dir2_node_lookup(
>>    */
>>   int						/* error */
>>   xfs_dir2_node_removename(
>> -	xfs_da_args_t		*args)		/* operation arguments */
>> +	struct xfs_da_args	*args)		/* operation arguments */
>>   {
>> -	xfs_da_state_blk_t	*blk;		/* leaf block */
>> +	struct xfs_da_state_blk	*blk;		/* leaf block */
>>   	int			error;		/* error return value */
>>   	int			rval;		/* operation return value */
>> -	xfs_da_state_t		*state;		/* btree cursor */
>> +	struct xfs_da_state	*state;		/* btree cursor */
>>
>>   	trace_xfs_dir2_node_removename(args);
>>
>> @@ -2132,9 +2132,10 @@ xfs_dir2_node_removename(
>>   	 * Didn't find it, upper layer screwed up.
>>   	 */
>>   	if (rval != EEXIST) {
>> -		xfs_da_state_free(state);
>> -		return rval;
>> +		error = rval;
>> +		goto done;
>
> Can you make this something like "out_free"? We tend to name jump
> labels according to the action that needs to be taken, like
> "out_unlock", "error_trans_cancel", etc...
>
> Also, this code is now "funky" in how it handles rval. it will do
> this:
>
>          /*
>           * Look up the entry we're deleting, set up the cursor.
>           */
>          error = xfs_da3_node_lookup_int(state,&rval);
>          if (error)
>                  rval = error;
>          /*
>           * Didn't find it, upper layer screwed up.
>           */
>          if (rval != EEXIST) {
> 		error = rval;
>                  goto out_free;
>          }
>
> That's kind funky with the reassignment of rval if there's an error.
> Better would be:
>
>          /* Look up the entry we're deleting, set up the cursor. */
>          error = xfs_da3_node_lookup_int(state,&rval);
>          if (error)
>                  goto out_free;
>
>          /* Didn't find it, upper layer screwed up. */
> 	if (rval != EEXIST) {
> 		error = rval;
> 		goto out_free;
> 	}
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave.

nod.

thank

--Mark.



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