linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] Fix memory leak of do

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Date:	Fri,  9 Oct 2009 10:09:18 +0900 (JST)
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com, linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Fix memory leak of do_mbind()

If migrate_prep is failed, new variable is leaked.
This patch fixes it.

Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
---
 mm/mempolicy.c |   10 +++++-----
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 824abf3..38ce2a7 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ static long do_mbind(unsigned long start, unsigned long len,
 
 		err = migrate_prep();
 		if (err)
-			return err;
+			goto mpol_out;
 	}
 	{
 		NODEMASK_SCRATCH(scratch);
@@ -1042,10 +1042,9 @@ static long do_mbind(unsigned long start, unsigned long len,
 			err = -ENOMEM;
 		NODEMASK_SCRATCH_FREE(scratch);
 	}
-	if (err) {
-		mpol_put(new);
-		return err;
-	}
+	if (err)
+		goto mpol_out;
+
 	vma = check_range(mm, start, end, nmask,
 			  flags | MPOL_MF_INVERT, &pagelist);
 
@@ -1066,6 +1065,7 @@ static long do_mbind(unsigned long start, unsigned long len,
 	}
 
 	up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+ mpol_out:
 	mpol_put(new);
 	return err;
 }
-- 
1.6.0.GIT



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