linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] isight_firmware : Fix a leak and double kfree()

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Date:	Thu, 7 Aug 2008 12:09:23 -0700
From:	"Justin Mattock" <justinmattock@...il.com>
To:	"Parag Warudkar" <parag.warudkar@...il.com>
Cc:	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"akpm@...l.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] isight_firmware : Fix a leak and double kfree()

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Parag Warudkar
<parag.warudkar@...il.com> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Parag Warudkar <parag.warudkar@...il.com>
>
> --- linux-2.6/drivers/usb/misc/isight_firmware.c        2008-07-29
> 23:26:24.000000000 -0400
> +++ linux-2.6-wk/drivers/usb/misc/isight_firmware.c     2008-08-07
> 13:23:01.000000000 -0400
> @@ -48,7 +48,8 @@
>
>        if (request_firmware(&firmware, "isight.fw", &dev->dev) != 0) {
>                printk(KERN_ERR "Unable to load isight firmware\n");
> -               return -ENODEV;
> +               ret = -ENODEV;
> +               goto out;
>        }
>
>        ptr = firmware->data;
> @@ -91,7 +92,6 @@
>                             buf, llen, 300) != llen) {
>                                printk(KERN_ERR
>                                       "Failed to load isight firmware\n");
> -                               kfree(buf);
>                                ret = -ENODEV;
>                                goto out;
>                        }
>

Applied;
I guess with this BUG,
it's more of a waiting game.
("one day it's fine; the next is black")
anyways the module loads, and the firmware
is loading as well. If something like this appears
I'll send a post.

regards;
-- 
Justin P. Mattock
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