[PATCH 15/14] xfs_io: free memory on error path exit from bmap_f()

[Eric Sandeen]

On 4/10/14, 8:38 AM, Mark Tinguely wrote:
> On 04/09/14 17:18, Eric Sandeen wrote:
>> If realloc() fails, the memory it was trying to realloc remains;
>> free it on the error path.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen<sandeen at redhat.com>
>> ---
>>
>> diff --git a/io/bmap.c b/io/bmap.c
>> index a78cbb1..8e5d75e 100644
>> --- a/io/bmap.c
>> +++ b/io/bmap.c
>> @@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ bmap_f(
>>                   fprintf(stderr,
>>                       _("%s: cannot realloc %d bytes\n"),
>>                       progname, (int)(map_size*sizeof(*map)));
>> +                free(map);
>>                   exitcode = 1;
>>                   return 0;
>>               }
> 
> 
> Didn't it get into this block by comparing map to NULL?

Uh yes, yes we did.  Sorry, was getting a bit slap-happy by then.
I guess p = realloc(p) will always lose the memory if it fails,
w/o a temporary var.


Sorry about that!
-Eric

 
> --Mark.
>