From: Zhang Yanfei Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:03:31 +0000 (-0800) Subject: kexec: avoid freeing NULL pointer in image_crash_alloc() X-Git-Tag: upstream/snapshot3+hdmi~5615^2~122 X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8c333ac2e4946a673b54f974d75397c947569c29;p=platform%2Fadaptation%2Frenesas_rcar%2Frenesas_kernel.git kexec: avoid freeing NULL pointer in image_crash_alloc() Though there is no error if we free a NULL pointer, I think we could avoid this behaviour. Change the code a little in kimage_crash_alloc() could avoid this kind of unnecessary free. Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanfei Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" Cc: Sasha Levin Reviewed-by: Simon Horman Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c index 6b7455e..bddd3d7 100644 --- a/kernel/kexec.c +++ b/kernel/kexec.c @@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ static int kimage_crash_alloc(struct kimage **rimage, unsigned long entry, mend = mstart + image->segment[i].memsz - 1; /* Ensure we are within the crash kernel limits */ if ((mstart < crashk_res.start) || (mend > crashk_res.end)) - goto out; + goto out_free; } /* @@ -329,16 +329,15 @@ static int kimage_crash_alloc(struct kimage **rimage, unsigned long entry, get_order(KEXEC_CONTROL_PAGE_SIZE)); if (!image->control_code_page) { printk(KERN_ERR "Could not allocate control_code_buffer\n"); - goto out; + goto out_free; } - result = 0; -out: - if (result == 0) - *rimage = image; - else - kfree(image); + *rimage = image; + return 0; +out_free: + kfree(image); +out: return result; }