linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] kfifo: fix a memory leak in dma example

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Date:	Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:42:32 +0200
From:	Stefani Seibold <stefani@...bold.net>
To:	Andrea Righi <arighi@...eler.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] kfifo: fix a memory leak in dma example

We use a dynamically allocated kfifo in the dma example, so we need to
free it when unloading the module.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@...eler.com>
Acked-by: Stefani Seibold <stefani@...bold.net>
---
 samples/kfifo/dma-example.c |    4 +---
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/samples/kfifo/dma-example.c b/samples/kfifo/dma-example.c
index 03433ca..3682278 100644
--- a/samples/kfifo/dma-example.c
+++ b/samples/kfifo/dma-example.c
@@ -105,9 +105,7 @@ static int __init example_init(void)
 
 static void __exit example_exit(void)
 {
-#ifdef DYNAMIC
-	kfifo_free(&test);
-#endif
+	kfifo_free(&fifo);
 }
 
 module_init(example_init);


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