linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] e2fsprogs: fix freeing bitmap in allocation error path

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Message-ID: <20110525233045.GF9520@thunk.org>
Date:	Wed, 25 May 2011 19:30:45 -0400
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] e2fsprogs: fix freeing bitmap in allocation error path

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 11:13:41AM +0100, Lukas Czerner wrote:
> In ext2fs_alloc_generic_bmap() error path, when new bitmap allocation
> fails ext2fs_generic_bitmap should be freed, however in current state it
> first frees ext2fs_generic_bitmap and then
> ext2fs_generic_bitmap->description which is wrong. This commit fix the
> free ordering.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>

This was actually pulled into e2fsprogs a while back, but it looks
like I forgot to send an e-mail ack (or mark it as accepted in
patchwork).  So I'm fixing that oversight now.

						- Ted
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