On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 09:27:02PM +0100, Lukas Bulwahn wrote: > do_config_file() should exit with an error code, and not return if it fails > as then the error in do_config_file() would go unnoticed in the current > code and allow the build to continue. The exit with error code will make > the build fail in those very exceptional cases. If this occurs, this > actually indicates a deeper problem in the execution of the kernel build > process. > > Now, that the function exists, we do not explicitly free memory and close > the file handlers in do_config_file(), as this is covered by exit(). > > This issue in the fixdep script was present already before its initial > import into the git repository in 2005 (Linux-2.6.12-rc2). Hence, the Fixes > tag would be imprecise and we do not include a Fixes tag to this commit. >
In that case you simply go into the git history tree - thats what it is there for https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/ The problems fixed here were introduced by Kai Germaschewski on Jun 5 2002 - so Fixes: commit 04bd72170653 ("kbuild: Make dependencies at compile time") > This issue was identified during the review of a previous patch that > intended to address a memory leak detected by a static analysis tool. > > Link: https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/12/14/736 > > Suggested-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <der.h...@hofr.at> > Suggested-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masah...@socionext.com> > Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulw...@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <der.h...@hofr.at> > --- > compile tested on top of next-20171220 with clang and gcc > > scripts/basic/fixdep.c | 11 +++++------ > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/scripts/basic/fixdep.c b/scripts/basic/fixdep.c > index bbf62cb..4274610 100644 > --- a/scripts/basic/fixdep.c > +++ b/scripts/basic/fixdep.c > @@ -284,19 +284,18 @@ static void do_config_file(const char *filename) > exit(2); > } > if (st.st_size == 0) { > - close(fd); > - return; > + fprintf(stderr, "fixdep: error empty file config file: "); > + perror(filename); > + exit(2); yup ! the .cmd file should never be empty > } > map = malloc(st.st_size + 1); > if (!map) { > perror("fixdep: malloc"); > - close(fd); > - return; > + exit(2); > } > if (read(fd, map, st.st_size) != st.st_size) { > perror("fixdep: read"); > - close(fd); > - return; > + exit(2); > } > map[st.st_size] = '\0'; > close(fd); > -- > 2.7.4 >
