On Mon, 2010-03-29 at 11:39 +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <ju...@diku.dk>
> 
> The conditionals were testing different values, but then all freeing the
> same one, which could result in a double free.
> 
> A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as
> follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

Thanks. I'll stick that in my -next branch as soon as I open it :-)

Cheers,
Ben.

> // <smpl>
> @@
> expression x,e;
> identifier f;
> iterator I;
> statement S;
> @@
> 
> *kfree(x);
> ... when != &x
>     when != x = e
>     when != I(x,...) S
> *x
> // </smpl>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <ju...@diku.dk>
> 
> ---
>  drivers/macintosh/windfarm_pm91.c   |    9 +++------
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/macintosh/windfarm_pm91.c 
> b/drivers/macintosh/windfarm_pm91.c
> index bea9916..3442732 100644
> --- a/drivers/macintosh/windfarm_pm91.c
> +++ b/drivers/macintosh/windfarm_pm91.c
> @@ -687,12 +687,9 @@ static int __devexit wf_smu_remove(struct 
> platform_device *ddev)
>               wf_put_control(cpufreq_clamp);
>  
>       /* Destroy control loops state structures */
> -     if (wf_smu_slots_fans)
> -             kfree(wf_smu_cpu_fans);
> -     if (wf_smu_drive_fans)
> -             kfree(wf_smu_cpu_fans);
> -     if (wf_smu_cpu_fans)
> -             kfree(wf_smu_cpu_fans);
> +     kfree(wf_smu_slots_fans);
> +     kfree(wf_smu_drive_fans);
> +     kfree(wf_smu_cpu_fans);
>  
>       return 0;
>  }


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