The patch below does not apply to the 3.10-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.
thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From 5539b3c938d64a60cb1fc442ac3ce9263d52de0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johan Hovold <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 17:12:24 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] gpio: fix memory and reference leaks in gpiochip_add error path Memory allocated and references taken by of_gpiochip_add and acpi_gpiochip_add were never released on errors in gpiochip_add (e.g. failure to find free gpio range). Fixes: 391c970c0dd1 ("of/gpio: add default of_xlate function if device has a node pointer") Fixes: 664e3e5ac64c ("gpio / ACPI: register to ACPI events automatically") Cc: stable <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <[email protected]> diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c index 487afe6f22fc..89c59f5f1924 100644 --- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c @@ -277,6 +277,9 @@ int gpiochip_add(struct gpio_chip *chip) spin_unlock_irqrestore(&gpio_lock, flags); + if (status) + goto fail; + #ifdef CONFIG_PINCTRL INIT_LIST_HEAD(&chip->pin_ranges); #endif @@ -284,12 +287,12 @@ int gpiochip_add(struct gpio_chip *chip) of_gpiochip_add(chip); acpi_gpiochip_add(chip); - if (status) - goto fail; - status = gpiochip_export(chip); - if (status) + if (status) { + acpi_gpiochip_remove(chip); + of_gpiochip_remove(chip); goto fail; + } pr_debug("%s: registered GPIOs %d to %d on device: %s\n", __func__, chip->base, chip->base + chip->ngpio - 1, -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
