[PATCH] viotape: Fix memory and semaphore leak
Michael Buesch
mb at bu3sch.de
Sat Jul 18 23:06:33 EST 2009
This patch fixes a memory and semaphore leak in the viotape driver's
char device write op. It leaks the DMA memory and the semaphore lock
in case the device was opened with O_NONBLOCK.
This patch is only compile tested, because I do not have the hardware.
Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb at bu3sch.de>
---
drivers/char/viotape.c | 19 ++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/char/viotape.c
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/char/viotape.c
@@ -401,30 +401,31 @@ static ssize_t viotap_write(struct file
viopath_targetinst(viopath_hostLp),
(u64)(unsigned long)op, VIOVERSION << 16,
((u64)devi.devno << 48) | op->dmaaddr, count, 0, 0);
if (hvrc != HvLpEvent_Rc_Good) {
printk(VIOTAPE_KERN_WARN "hv error on op %d\n",
(int)hvrc);
ret = -EIO;
goto free_dma;
}
- if (noblock)
- return count;
-
- wait_for_completion(&op->com);
+ if (noblock) {
+ ret = count;
+ } else {
+ wait_for_completion(&op->com);
- if (op->rc)
- ret = tape_rc_to_errno(op->rc, "write", devi.devno);
- else {
- chg_state(devi.devno, VIOT_WRITING, file);
- ret = op->count;
+ if (op->rc)
+ ret = tape_rc_to_errno(op->rc, "write", devi.devno);
+ else {
+ chg_state(devi.devno, VIOT_WRITING, file);
+ ret = op->count;
+ }
}
free_dma:
dma_free_coherent(op->dev, count, op->buffer, op->dmaaddr);
up_sem:
up(&reqSem);
free_op:
free_op_struct(op);
return ret;
}
--
Greetings, Michael.
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