linux-ext4 - Re: [patch] ext4: add a kfree() on error i add_new

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Date:	Sat, 30 Jul 2011 12:59:39 -0400
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
Cc:	Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
	"open list:EXT4 FILE SYSTEM" <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] ext4: add a kfree() on error i add_new_gdb()

On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 11:25:57AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> We added some more error handling in b40971426a "ext4: add error
> checking to calls to ext4_handle_dirty_metadata()".  But we need to
> call kfree() as well to avoid a memory leak.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>

Added to the ext4 tree, thanks for catching this!!

      	     	  	       	   	    - Ted
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