linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86/pat: fix memory leak in free

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Message-Id: <1274781156-2861-1-git-send-email-dfeng@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 25 May 2010 17:52:36 +0800
From:	Xiaotian Feng <dfeng@...hat.com>
To:	x86@...nel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Xiaotian Feng <dfeng@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com>,
	Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>,
	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH] x86/pat: fix memory leak in free_memtype

reserve_memtype will allocate memory for new memtype, but
in free_memtype, after the memtype erased from rbtree, the
memory is not freed.

Signed-off-by: Xiaotian Feng <dfeng@...hat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com>
Cc: Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>
Cc: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
---
 arch/x86/mm/pat_rbtree.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat_rbtree.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat_rbtree.c
index 07de4cb..fb8c1e5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat_rbtree.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat_rbtree.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
 
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/pat.h>
@@ -240,6 +241,7 @@ int rbt_memtype_erase(u64 start, u64 end)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	rb_erase(&data->rb, &memtype_rbroot);
+	kfree(data);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-- 
1.7.0.1

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