[PATCH] powerpc/boot: Only free if realloc() succeeds

2024-02-29 Thread Michael Ellerman
simple_realloc() frees the original buffer (ptr) even if the
reallocation failed.

Fix it to behave like standard realloc() and only free the original
buffer if the reallocation succeeded.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman 
---
 arch/powerpc/boot/simple_alloc.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/simple_alloc.c b/arch/powerpc/boot/simple_alloc.c
index db9aaa5face3..d07796fdf91a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/simple_alloc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/simple_alloc.c
@@ -112,10 +112,11 @@ static void *simple_realloc(void *ptr, unsigned long size)
return ptr;
 
new = simple_malloc(size);
-   if (new)
+   if (new) {
memcpy(new, ptr, p->size);
+   simple_free(ptr);
+   }
 
-   simple_free(ptr);
return new;
 }
 
-- 
2.43.2



Re: [PATCH] powerpc/boot: Only free if realloc() succeeds

2024-03-13 Thread Michael Ellerman
On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 22:51:49 +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> simple_realloc() frees the original buffer (ptr) even if the
> reallocation failed.
> 
> Fix it to behave like standard realloc() and only free the original
> buffer if the reallocation succeeded.
> 
> 
> [...]

Applied to powerpc/next.

[1/1] powerpc/boot: Only free if realloc() succeeds
  https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/f2d5bccaca3e8c09c9b9c8485375f7bdbb2631d2

cheers