It is better if a function which returns an error then release all allocated memory resources. This simplifies the mind model and less chance to forgot to free memory and double free.
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <[email protected]> --- lib/fwu_updates/fwu_mdata_gpt_blk.c | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/fwu_updates/fwu_mdata_gpt_blk.c b/lib/fwu_updates/fwu_mdata_gpt_blk.c index 0259da37c3..7f8b8b68fc 100644 --- a/lib/fwu_updates/fwu_mdata_gpt_blk.c +++ b/lib/fwu_updates/fwu_mdata_gpt_blk.c @@ -215,7 +215,8 @@ static int gpt_get_mdata(struct fwu_mdata **mdata) ret = gpt_read_mdata(desc, *mdata, primary_mpart); if (ret < 0) { log_err("Failed to read the FWU metadata from the device\n"); - return -EIO; + ret = -EIO; + goto out; } ret = fwu_verify_mdata(*mdata, 1); @@ -230,7 +231,8 @@ static int gpt_get_mdata(struct fwu_mdata **mdata) ret = gpt_read_mdata(desc, *mdata, secondary_mpart); if (ret < 0) { log_err("Failed to read the FWU metadata from the device\n"); - return -EIO; + ret = -EIO; + goto out; } ret = fwu_verify_mdata(*mdata, 0); @@ -238,7 +240,10 @@ static int gpt_get_mdata(struct fwu_mdata **mdata) return 0; /* Both the FWU metadata copies are corrupted. */ - return -1; + ret = -1; +out: + free(*mdata); + return ret; } static int gpt_check_mdata_validity(void)
