linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs/fat/dir.c fix resource leak

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Date:	Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:06:18 +0900
From:	OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
To:	"Darren Jenkins" <darrenrjenkins@...il.com>
Cc:	kernel Janitors <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs/fat/dir.c fix resource leak

OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp> writes:

> "Darren Jenkins\" <darrenrjenkins@...il.com> writes:
>
>> Coverity CID 2332 & 2333 RESOURCE_LEAK
>>
>> In fat_search_long() if fat_parse_long() returns a -ve value we return
>> without first freeing unicode and bufname.
>> This patch free's them on this error path.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Darren Jenkins <darrenrjenkins@...ilcom>
>
> I'll apply to current code. Thanks.

I noticed this is false positive. bufname is not used anymore, and
fat_parse_long() never returns error after allocating unicode.

Instead, I'll apply this as cleanup.
-- 
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
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