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Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 15:51:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Amit Choudhary <amit2030@...oo.com> To: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Hopefully, kmalloc() will always succeed, but if it doesn't then.... --- Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi> wrote: > On 10/22/06, Amit Choudhary <amit2030@...oo.com> wrote: > > So, if memory allocation to 'a' fails, it is going to kfree 'b'. But since 'b' > > is not initialized, kfree may crash (unless DEBUG is defined). > > > > I have seen the same case at many places when allocating in a loop. > > So you found a bug. Why not send a patch to fix it? > Yes, I will send it. Regards, Amit __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - 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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