Re: [PATCH 0/2] hw/cxl: CDAT file handling fixes.

[Jonathan Cameron]

On Sat, 20 May 2023 07:46:16 +0300
Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru> wrote:

> 21.04.2023 16:20, Jonathan Cameron via wrote:
> > I've picked up Hao Zeng's v5 and added a patch to deal with the
> > issues that Peter pointed out in this area.
> > 
> > On error, the CDAT file handling left resource dangling and didn't
> > cleanly exit from calling functions.  Hao Zeng dealt with closing
> > the file. The second patch deals with the buffer allocation and
> > ensuring a clean exit at the two callers.
> > 
> > Hao Zeng (1):
> >    hw/cxl: cdat: Fix open file not closed in ct3_load_cdat()
> > 
> > Jonathan Cameron (1):
> >    hw/cxl: cdat: Fix failure to free buffer in erorr paths
> > 
> >   hw/cxl/cxl-cdat.c            | 60 +++++++++++++++---------------------
> >   hw/mem/cxl_type3.c           |  4 +++
> >   hw/pci-bridge/cxl_upstream.c |  3 ++
> >   3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)  
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Is it a stable (8.0 & 7.2) material?
> The issues does not seem to be very important, still smells like
> a good thing to have in -stable.

Issues are leaks only on an error path, so I'd say no for stable.
If others disagree these should be harmless.

Jonathan

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> /mjt
>