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Date: Sat, 01 May 2010 10:11:35 +0200 From: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> To: lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Paul Mackerras <paulus@....ibm.com>, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com> Subject: [PATCH tip/perf] perf: fix resource leak in failure path of perf_event_open() perf_event_open() kfrees event after init failure which doesn't release all resources allocated by perf_event_alloc(). Use free_event() instead. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com> --- kernel/perf_event.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: work/kernel/perf_event.c =================================================================== --- work.orig/kernel/perf_event.c +++ work/kernel/perf_event.c @@ -4897,7 +4897,7 @@ err_fput_free_put_context: err_free_put_context: if (err < 0) - kfree(event); + free_event(event); err_put_context: if (err < 0) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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