linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/6] drivers/pci: introduce missing kfree

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Date:	Sun, 8 Feb 2009 18:21:40 -0700
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
Cc:	jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] drivers/pci: introduce missing kfree

On Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 10:45:24PM +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
> 
> Error handling code following a kmalloc should free the allocated data.
> Since the subsequent code that could provoke an error does not use the
> allocated data, the allocation is just moved below it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>

Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>

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