linux-kernel - Re: lib/argv_split.c : should argv be kfree'ed ?

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Date:	Sun, 29 Jun 2014 00:04:21 +0200
From:	Mateusz Guzik <mguzik@...hat.com>
To:	Toralf Förster <toralf.foerster@....de>
Cc:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: lib/argv_split.c : should argv be kfree'ed ?

On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 11:52:37PM +0200, Toralf Förster wrote:
> /me wonders if this patch is needed here :
> 
> 
> diff --git a/lib/argv_split.c b/lib/argv_split.c
> index e927ed0..7de4cb4 100644
> --- a/lib/argv_split.c
> +++ b/lib/argv_split.c
> @@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ char **argv_split(gfp_t gfp, const char *str, int *argcp)
>                         *argv++ = argv_str;
>                 }
>         }
> +       kfree (argv);
>         *argv = NULL;
> 
>         if (argcp)
> 

No, see argv_free.

-- 
Mateusz Guzik
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