linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] arch/x86/kernel/kdebugfs.c: introduce missing kfree

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Date:	Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:04:14 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
Cc:	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] arch/x86/kernel/kdebugfs.c: introduce missing kfree


* Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk> wrote:

> From: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
> 
> Error handling code following a kmalloc should free the allocated 
> data. Note that at the point of the change, node has not yet been 
> stored in d, so it is not affected by the existing cleanup code.

applied to tip/x86/urgent, thanks Julia.

> The semantic match that finds the problem is as follows: 
> (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/)

cool stuff!

	Ingo
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