linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][dccp] Fix memory leak and clean up style

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Date:	Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:16:28 +1200
From:	"Ian McDonald" <ian.mcdonald@...di.co.nz>
To:	"Jesper Juhl" <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
Cc:	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Andrea Bittau" <a.bittau@...ucl.ac.uk>,
	"Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo" <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	dccp@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][dccp] Fix memory leak and clean up style - dccp_feat_empty_confirm()

On 7/27/07, Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> There's a memory leak in net/dccp/feat.c::dccp_feat_empty_confirm().
> If we hit the 'default:' case of the 'switch' statement, then we
> return without freeing 'opt', thus leaking 'struct dccp_opt_pend'
> bytes.
> The leak is fixed easily enough by adding a kfree(opt); before the
> return statement.
> The patch also changes the layout of the 'switch' to be more in line
> with CodingStyle.
>
> Patch has been compile tested.
>
> Please consider merging.
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>

Signed-off-by: Ian McDonald <ian.mcdonald@...di.co.nz>
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