linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/8] cpufreq: powerenv: Fix memory leak

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Date:	Wed,  1 Jun 2016 16:04:17 +0530
From:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:	Rafael Wysocki <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc:	linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/8] cpufreq: powerenv: Fix memory leak

The policy is copied (unnecessarily) and is never freed. Fix it by just
getting a reference to the existing policy structure and putting it
back.

Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
---
 drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c | 15 +++++++++------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
index 54c45368e3f1..96bb4acd366e 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
@@ -756,15 +756,18 @@ void powernv_cpufreq_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	chip->restore = false;
 	for_each_cpu(cpu, &mask) {
+		struct cpufreq_policy *policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(cpu)
 		int index;
-		struct cpufreq_policy policy;
 
-		cpufreq_get_policy(&policy, cpu);
-		cpufreq_frequency_table_target(&policy, policy.freq_table,
-					       policy.cur,
+		if (!policy)
+			continue;
+
+		cpufreq_frequency_table_target(policy, policy->freq_table,
+					       policy->cur,
 					       CPUFREQ_RELATION_C, &index);
-		powernv_cpufreq_target_index(&policy, index);
-		cpumask_andnot(&mask, &mask, policy.cpus);
+		powernv_cpufreq_target_index(policy, index);
+		cpumask_andnot(&mask, &mask, policy->cpus);
+		cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
 	}
 out:
 	put_online_cpus();
-- 
2.7.1.410.g6faf27b