[U-Boot] [PATCH] sf: Stop leaking memory

Marek Vasut marex at denx.de
Thu Jul 3 23:04:28 CEST 2014


On Thursday, July 03, 2014 at 10:24:44 PM, Jagan Teki wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 2:23 AM, Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de> wrote:
> > It's usually a common pattern to free() the memory that we allocated.
> > Implement this here to stop leaking memory. Also, add a debug output
> > when BAR configuration fails to follow suit.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de>
> > Cc: Michal Simek <michal.simek at xilinx.com>
> > Cc: Jagannadha Sutradharudu Teki <jaganna at xilinx.com>
> > ---
> > 
> >  drivers/mtd/spi/sf_ops.c | 7 +++++--
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > NOTE: I think we can do without the memory allocation here altogether.
> > 
> >       Is there any upper limit on the number of dummy bytes that can
> >       go with a SF command? If so, we can just allocate that buffer on
> >       a stack and be done with it.
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi/sf_ops.c b/drivers/mtd/spi/sf_ops.c
> > index ef91b92..29a7867 100644
> > --- a/drivers/mtd/spi/sf_ops.c
> > +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi/sf_ops.c
> > @@ -398,8 +398,10 @@ int spi_flash_cmd_read_ops(struct spi_flash *flash,
> > u32 offset,
> > 
> >  #endif
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_BAR
> >  
> >                 bank_sel = spi_flash_bank(flash, read_addr);
> > 
> > -               if (bank_sel < 0)
> > -                       return ret;
> > +               if (bank_sel < 0) {
> > +                       debug("SF: bank select failed\n");
> > +                       break;
> > +               }
> 
> This may not require, as definition have it already when fail to set bank.

Feel free to drop this when applying.

Btw. the information printing is quite inconsistent in this stuff.

Best regards,
Marek Vasut


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