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  • FunctionBalancing

Make sure calls to certain functions are matched by the relevant function at other end of the function, and also during ALL failure/early return paths.

Examples:

  • pci_alloc_consistent() and pci_free_consistent()
  • ioremap() must be balanced by an iounmap() (this causes a memory leak).
  • check for balanced *_lock_* and *_unlock_* along all paths in a function
    • (can cause dead-lock if not).
  • Make sure no-one is freeing skbs with kfree instead of kfree_skb
  • check that net_device interrupt functions use dev_kfree_skb_irq and not just dev_kfree_skb
  • Make sure reference counts are not leaked by accident. (forgetting to fput(), ...)
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