[PATCH v2 2/4] of: dynamic: add of_property_alloc() and of_property_free()

[Tyrel Datwyler]

On 6/1/22 23:58, Clément Léger wrote:
> Le Wed, 1 Jun 2022 15:32:29 -0700,
> Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld at linux.ibm.com> a écrit :
> 
>>>  /**
>>> - * __of_prop_dup - Copy a property dynamically.
>>> - * @prop:	Property to copy
>>> + * of_property_free - Free a property allocated dynamically.
>>> + * @prop:	Property to be freed
>>> + */
>>> +void of_property_free(const struct property *prop)
>>> +{
>>> +	if (!of_property_check_flag(prop, OF_DYNAMIC))
>>> +		return;
>>> +  
>>
>> This looks wrong to me. From what I understand the value data is allocated as
>> trailing memory that is part of the property allocation itself. (ie. prop =
>> kzalloc(sizeof(*prop) + len, allocflags)). So, kfree(prop) should also take care
>> of the trailing value data. Calling kfree(prop->value) is bogus since
>> prop->value wasn't dynamically allocated on its own.
> 
> kfree(prop->value) is only called if the value is not the trailing data
> of the property so I don't see what is wrong there. In that case, only
> kfree(prop) is called.

Right, Rob clarified for me in the v1 patch.

> 
>>
>> Also, this condition will always fail. You explicitly set prop->value = prop + 1
>> in alloc.
> 
> The user that did allocated the property might want to provide its own
> "value". In that case, prop->value would be overwritten by the user
> allocated value and thus the check would be true, hence calling
> kfree(prop->value).

So, that was the part I was missing. I think a comment would be helpful so its
clear value can be either trailing or user assigned.

-Tyrel

> 
>>
>> Maybe I need to go back and look at v1 again.
>>
>> -Tyrel
>>
>>> +	if (prop->value != prop + 1)
>>> +		kfree(prop->value);
>>> +
>>> +	kfree(prop->name);
>>> +	kfree(prop);
>>> +}
>>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_property_free);
>>> +
> 
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