linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: fix possible memory leak in ext4_xattr_set

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Date:	Thu, 8 Nov 2012 15:11:35 -0500
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Eugene Shatokhin <eugene.shatokhin@...alab.ru>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: fix possible memory leak in ext4_xattr_set_acl()

On Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 03:11:12PM +0400, Eugene Shatokhin wrote:
> In ext4_xattr_set_acl(), if ext4_journal_start() returns an error,
> posix_acl_release() will not be called for 'acl' which may result
> in a memory leak.
> 
> This patch fixes that.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eugene Shatokhin <eugene.shatokhin@...alab.ru>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted
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