On Fri, 19 Oct 2018 16:29:40 +0800
Liang Yang <liang.y...@amlogic.com> wrote:
> On 2018/10/19 4:50, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> > On Thu, 18 Oct 2018 13:09:05 +0800
> > Jianxin Pan <jianxin....@amlogic.com> wrote:
> >
> >> +static int meson_nfc_buffer_init(struct mtd_info *mtd)
> >> +{
> >> + struct nand_chip *nand = mtd_to_nand(mtd);
> >> + struct meson_nfc *nfc = nand_get_controller_data(nand);
> >> + static int max_page_bytes, max_info_bytes;
> >> + int page_bytes, info_bytes;
> >> + int nsectors;
> >> +
> >> + nsectors = mtd->writesize / nand->ecc.size;
> >> + page_bytes = mtd->writesize + mtd->oobsize;
> >> + info_bytes = nsectors * PER_INFO_BYTE;
> >> +
> >> + if (nfc->data_buf && nfc->info_buf) {
> >> + if (max_page_bytes < page_bytes)
> >> + meson_nfc_free_buffer(nfc);
> >> + else
> >> + return 0;
> >> + }
> >> +
> >> + max_page_bytes = max_t(int, max_page_bytes, page_bytes);
> >> + max_info_bytes = max_t(int, max_info_bytes, info_bytes);
> >> +
> >> + nfc->data_buf = kmalloc(max_page_bytes, GFP_KERNEL);
> >
> > Is there a good reason for not using chip->data_buf and allocating a
> > new buffer here?
> >
> when calling read_oob or write_oob, i need a mid-buffer which is used in
> meson_nfc_prase_data_oob(). i.e. after reading a page data into
> nfc->data_buf, I will format it and transfer to chip->data_buf.
>
>
> >> + if (!nfc->data_buf)
> >> + return -ENOMEM;
> >> +
> >> + nfc->info_buf = kmalloc(max_info_bytes, GFP_KERNEL);
> >> + if (!nfc->info_buf) {
> >> + kfree(nfc->data_buf);
> >> + return -ENOMEM;
> >> + }
> >
> > I'd recommend moving this info_buf in the priv chip struct, otherwise
> > you'll have to protect nfc->info_buf with a lock to prevent an already
> > register chip from using this pointer while you're reallocating the
> > buffer. Also, I think you have a memleak here.
> >
> ok, i will move it in the chip struct .
>
> but how memleak happens even i have called meson_nfc_free_buffer before
> and free data_buf if info_buf alloc faied.
You're right, I missed the call to meson_nfc_free_buffer() when
max_page_bytes < page_bytes. Still, this part is racy, just like the
nfc->data_buf replacement is if you have several NAND chips. I'd
recommend moving those bufs to the priv chip struct.
>
> >> +
> >> + return 0;
> >> +}
> >
> > .
> >
