[U-Boot] [PATCH v3 1/3] net: Adds Fast Ethernet Controller driver for Armada100

Ajay Bhargav ajay.bhargav at einfochips.com
Mon Aug 29 07:39:18 CEST 2011


----- "Mike Frysinger" <vapier at gentoo.org> wrote:

> On Monday, August 29, 2011 01:10:49 Ajay Bhargav wrote:
> > ----- "Mike Frysinger" <vapier at gentoo.org> wrote:
> > > On Friday, August 26, 2011 02:36:51 Ajay Bhargav wrote:
> > > > +        darmdfec = malloc(sizeof(struct armdfec_device));
> > > > +        if (!darmdfec)
> > > > +                goto error;
> > > 
> > > if this first one fails, we jump to:
> > > > +error:
> > > > +        free(darmdfec->p_aligned_txbuf);
> > > > +        free(darmdfec->p_rxbuf);
> > > > +        free(darmdfec->p_rxdesc);
> > > > +        free(darmdfec->htpr);
> > > 
> > > looks like 4 NULL pointer derefs.  so you'll need one specific
> path
> > > for the first malloc(), but the rest are fine.
> > 
> > so you mean like this...
> > 
> > if(!darmdfec)
> >         goto error;
> > ...
> > error1:
> >         free(darmdfec->p_aligned_txbuf);
> >         free(darmdfec->p_rxbuf);
> >         free(darmdfec->p_rxdesc);
> >         free(darmdfec->htpr);
> > error:
> >         free(darmdfec);
> >         return -1;
> 
> that's one way of fixing it
> -mike
Any other better way?

--Ajay


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