linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] class: Free the class private data in class

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Message-ID: <1265959018.26471.5.camel@localhost>
Date:	Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:16:58 +0200
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
To:	Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	kay.sievers@...y.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] class: Free the class private data in class_release

On Wed, 2010-02-10 at 13:32 +0100, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> Fix a memory leak by freeing the memory allocated in __class_register
> for the class private data.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
> ---
>  drivers/base/class.c |    2 ++
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c
> index 161746d..6e2c3b0 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/class.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/class.c
> @@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ static void class_release(struct kobject *kobj)
>  	else
>  		pr_debug("class '%s' does not have a release() function, "
>  			 "be careful\n", class->name);
> +
> +	kfree(cp);
>  }
>  
>  static struct sysfs_ops class_sysfs_ops = {

This looks like 2.6.33 material for me. CC-ing Andrew.

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Артём Битюцкий)

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