linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] driver core:firmware_class:fix memory leak of page pointers array

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Date:	Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:41:40 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, catalin.marinas@....com,
	dwmw2@...radead.org, kay.sievers@...y.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver core:firmware_class:fix memory leak of page
 pointers array

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 09:22:33PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> 2009/7/11 Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com>:
> > On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:36:49 -0700
> > Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 08:20:48AM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> >> > 2009/7/9  <tom.leiming@...il.com>:
> >> > > From: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com>
> >> > >
> >> > > The page pointers array is allocated in fw_realloc_buffer()
> >> > > called by firmware_data_write(), and should be freed in release
> >> > > function of firmware device.
> >> > >
> >> > > Signed-off-by:Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com>
> >> > > Reported-by:Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
> >> > > Acked-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@...el.com>
> >> >
> >> > ---
> >> > This patch is against Catalin Marinas's patch:
> >> >     [PATCH] Free struct device in fw_dev_release()
> >>
> >> Hm, I never got a final version of that patch, care to send it to me?
> 
> Hi,Greg
> 
> Care to queue the patch into your driver-core tree and send it to -rc4?

Now queued up.

thanks,

greg k-h
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