Re: [PATCH v2 06/10] target/i386/cpu: Fix memleak in x86_cpu_class_check_missing_features

[Pan Nengyuan]

On 2020/9/1 20:03, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> Pan Nengyuan <pannengyuan@huawei.com> writes:
> 
>> 'err' forgot to free in x86_cpu_class_check_missing_features error path.
>> Fix that.
>>
>> Reported-by: Euler Robot <euler.robot@huawei.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Pan Nengyuan <pannengyuan@huawei.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Li Qiang <liq3ea@gmail.com>
>> ---
>> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
>> Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
>> Cc: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
>> ---
>> - V2: no changes in v2.
>> ---
>>  target/i386/cpu.c | 1 +
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.c b/target/i386/cpu.c
>> index 588f32e136..4678aac0b4 100644
>> --- a/target/i386/cpu.c
>> +++ b/target/i386/cpu.c
>> @@ -4872,6 +4872,7 @@ static void 
>> x86_cpu_class_check_missing_features(X86CPUClass *xcc,
>        x86_cpu_expand_features(xc, &err);
>        if (err) {
>            /* Errors at x86_cpu_expand_features should never happen,
>             * but in case it does, just report the model as not
>             * runnable at all using the "type" property.
>             */
>            strList *new = g_new0(strList, 1);
>>          new->value = g_strdup("type");
>>          *next = new;
>>          next = &new->next;
>> +        error_free(err);
>>      }
>>  
>>      x86_cpu_filter_features(xc, false);
> 
> Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
> 
> Recommended cleanup: change x86_cpu_filter_features() to return true on
> success, false on failure, then pass NULL here and check the return
> value.  Can be done on top.
>
Agree with you, 'err' is not used, we can pass NULL here.
BTW, I think the func you mentioned shoule be x86_cpu_expand_features(), not 
x86_cpu_filter_features()?

Thanks.

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