[RFC PATCH 07/14] FWU: Free metadata copy if gpt_get_mdata() failed
Masami Hiramatsu
masami.hiramatsu at linaro.org
Thu Jan 20 16:30:30 CET 2022
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 <masami.hiramatsu at linaro.org>
---
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)
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