linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rtc: rtc-sh

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Message-ID: <20101108054828.GA11991@linux-sh.org>
Date:	Mon, 8 Nov 2010 14:48:28 +0900
From:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
To:	Axel Lin <axel.lin@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
	rtc-linux@...glegroups.com,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtc: rtc-sh - fix a memory leak

On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 01:35:10PM +0800, Axel Lin wrote:
> request_mem_region() will call kzalloc to allocate memory for struct resource.
> release_resource() unregisters the resource but does not free the allocated
> memory, thus use release_mem_region() instead to fix the memory leak.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin@...il.com>

Good catch! Applied, thanks.
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