This patch fixes memory leak in error path. In reality, we don't need to call cpuup_canceled(cpu) for now. But upcoming cpu hotplug error handling change needs this. Cc: Christoph Lameter Cc: Gautham R Shenoy Cc: Pekka Enberg Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita --- mm/slab.c | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Index: 2.6-git/mm/slab.c =================================================================== --- 2.6-git.orig/mm/slab.c +++ 2.6-git/mm/slab.c @@ -1282,13 +1282,18 @@ static int __cpuinit cpuup_prepare(long shared = alloc_arraycache(node, cachep->shared * cachep->batchcount, 0xbaadf00d); - if (!shared) + if (!shared) { + kfree(nc); goto bad; + } } if (use_alien_caches) { alien = alloc_alien_cache(node, cachep->limit); - if (!alien) + if (!alien) { + kfree(shared); + kfree(nc); goto bad; + } } cachep->array[cpu] = nc; l3 = cachep->nodelists[node]; @@ -1315,6 +1320,7 @@ static int __cpuinit cpuup_prepare(long } return 0; bad: + cpuup_canceled(cpu); return -ENOMEM; } -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/