linux-kernel - [PATCH] cciss: memory leak in cciss_init

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Date:	Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:41:34 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Mike Miller <mike.miller@...com>
CC:	linux kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, stable@...nel.org,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>
Subject: [PATCH] cciss: memory leak in cciss_init_one()

commit 22bece00dc1f28dd3374c55e464c9f02eb642876
(cciss: fix regression firmware not displayed in procfs)
added a small memory leak in cciss_init_one()

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
---
diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c
index a52cc7f..0589dfb 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c
@@ -3889,7 +3889,7 @@ static int __devinit cciss_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	int j = 0;
 	int rc;
 	int dac, return_code;
-	InquiryData_struct *inq_buff = NULL;
+	InquiryData_struct *inq_buff;
 
 	if (reset_devices) {
 		/* Reset the controller with a PCI power-cycle */
@@ -4029,6 +4029,7 @@ static int __devinit cciss_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "cciss: unable to determine firmware"
 			" version of controller\n");
 	}
+	kfree(inq_buff);
 
 	cciss_procinit(i);
 
@@ -4045,7 +4046,6 @@ static int __devinit cciss_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	return 1;
 
 clean4:
-	kfree(inq_buff);
 	kfree(hba[i]->cmd_pool_bits);
 	if (hba[i]->cmd_pool)
 		pci_free_consistent(hba[i]->pdev,
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