linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPI: Fix memory leak in acpi_ev_asynch_execute_gpe

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1101162050532.13377@swampdragon.chaosbits.net>
Date:	Sun, 16 Jan 2011 20:51:27 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
cc:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI: Fix memory leak in
 acpi_ev_asynch_execute_gpe_method().

On Sun, 16 Jan 2011, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:

> On Sunday, January 16, 2011, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> > We will leak the memory allocated to 'local_gpe_event_info' if 
> > 'acpi_ut_acquire_mutex()' fails or if 'acpi_ev_valid_gpe_event()' fails in 
> > drivers/acpi/acpica/evgpe.c::acpi_ev_asynch_execute_gpe_method().
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
> 
> Good catch!  How did you find it?
> 

This one was found with the help of Coverity prevent.


> Reviewed-by: Rafael Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl>
> 
> Len, please apply and push to Linus ASAP.
> 
> Thanks,
> Rafael
> 

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