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Date:	Thu, 1 Jul 2010 14:51:00 +0100
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>
To:	Axel Lin <axel.lin@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Carlos Corbacho <carlos@...angeworlds.co.uk>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
	Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wmi: fix a memory leak in wmi_notify_debug

On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 09:30:45AM +0800, Axel Lin wrote:
> When acpi_evaluate_object() is passed ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER,
> the caller must kfree the returned buffer if AE_OK is returned.
> 
> The callers of wmi_get_event_data() pass ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER,
> and thus must check its return value before accessing
> or kfree() on the buffer.
> 
> This patch adds return value checking for wmi_get_event_data()
> and adds a missing kfree(obj) in the end of wmi_notify_debug

Applied, thanks.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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