linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 23/27] NFS: Fix memory leak [try #2]

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Date:	Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:15:29 -0500
From:	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	nfsv4@...ux-nfs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, selinux@...ho.nsa.gov,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 23/27] NFS: Fix memory leak [try #2]


On Wed, 2008-01-23 at 17:22 +0000, David Howells wrote:
> Fix a memory leak whereby multiple clientaddr=xxx mount options just overwrite
> the duplicated client_address option pointer, without freeing the old memory.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
> ---
> 
>  fs/nfs/super.c |    1 +
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c
> index 0b0c72a..7f5e747 100644
> --- a/fs/nfs/super.c
> +++ b/fs/nfs/super.c
> @@ -936,6 +936,7 @@ static int nfs_parse_mount_options(char *raw,
>  			string = match_strdup(args);
>  			if (string == NULL)
>  				goto out_nomem;
> +			kfree(mnt->client_address);
>  			mnt->client_address = string;
>  			break;
>  		case Opt_mountaddr:

Thanks. This fix has already been applied to the NFS git tree.
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