linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] btrfs: fix memory leak on error path in btrfs_get

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Date:	Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:49:39 +0100
From:	Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To:	Mariusz Kozlowski <mk@....zgora.pl>
Cc:	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>, linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] btrfs: fix memory leak on error path in btrfs_get_acl()

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:57 PM, Mariusz Kozlowski <mk@....zgora.pl> wrote:
> If posix_acl_from_xattr() fails we leak memory stored in 'value'.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mariusz Kozlowski <mk@....zgora.pl>
> ---
>  fs/btrfs/acl.c |    1 +
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/btrfs/acl.c b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
> index 2222d16..11c9561 100644
> --- a/fs/btrfs/acl.c
> +++ b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
> @@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ static struct posix_acl *btrfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
>                if (size > 0) {
>                        acl = posix_acl_from_xattr(value, size);
>                        if (IS_ERR(acl))
> +                               kfree(value);

Be careful with the evil { }

>                                return acl;
>                        set_cached_acl(inode, type, acl);
>                }
> --
> 1.7.0.4
>
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