linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPI: Fix memory leak in acpi_ev_asynch_execute_gpe

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Date:	Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:32:10 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
To:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
cc:	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI: Fix memory leak in
 acpi_ev_asynch_execute_gpe_method().

On Sun, 16 Jan 2011, Len Brown wrote:

> Looks like this bug was added by 
> 5a284cd75d635e3c5db0210dc9a9a44c6839f460
> (ACPICA: Fix local variable mess in acpi_ev_asynch_execute_gpe_method).
> 
> The good news is that it is new in 2.6.38-merge
> Also, I doubt that these error cases actually
> occur in any significant frequency in practice.
> 
> Thanks for the find.
> 
You're welcome. Can I assume that you'll merge it and push it up-stream 
from here?

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