Using kfree to free data allocated with devm_kzalloc causes double frees.
The Coccinelle semantic patch that fixes this problem is as follows:
// <smpl>
@@
expression x;
@@
x = devm_kzalloc(...)
...
?-kfree(x);
// </smpl>
Signed-off-by: Himangi Saraogi <himangi...@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Julia Lawall <julia.law...@lip6.fr>
---
drivers/nfc/st21nfcb/st21nfcb.c | 8 +-------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/nfc/st21nfcb/st21nfcb.c b/drivers/nfc/st21nfcb/st21nfcb.c
index 4d95863..b0c4a0f9 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/st21nfcb/st21nfcb.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/st21nfcb/st21nfcb.c
@@ -94,8 +94,7 @@ int st21nfcb_nci_probe(struct llt_ndlc *ndlc, int
phy_headroom,
phy_headroom, phy_tailroom);
if (!ndlc->ndev) {
pr_err("Cannot allocate nfc ndev\n");
- r = -ENOMEM;
- goto err_alloc_ndev;
+ return -ENOMEM;
}
info->ndlc = ndlc;
@@ -109,19 +108,14 @@ int st21nfcb_nci_probe(struct llt_ndlc *ndlc, int
phy_headroom,
err_regdev:
nci_free_device(ndlc->ndev);
-err_alloc_ndev:
- kfree(info);
return r;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(st21nfcb_nci_probe);
void st21nfcb_nci_remove(struct nci_dev *ndev)
{
- struct st21nfcb_nci_info *info = nci_get_drvdata(ndev);
-
nci_unregister_device(ndev);
nci_free_device(ndev);
- kfree(info);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(st21nfcb_nci_remove);
--
1.9.1
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