linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sched domain sysctl: free kstrdup allocations

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Message-ID: <20071016084427.GA13571@elte.hu>
Date:	Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:44:27 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Milton Miller <miltonm@....com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched domain sysctl: free kstrdup allocations


* Milton Miller <miltonm@....com> wrote:

> The procnames for the cpu and domain were allocated via kstrdup and so 
> should also be freed.  The names for the files are static, but we can 
> differentiate them by the presence of the proc_handler.  If a kstrdup 
> (of < 32 characters) fails the sysctl code will not see the procname 
> or remaining table entries, but any child tables and names will be 
> reclaimed upon free.

thanks, applied.

	Ingo
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