linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] BTRFS: Fix mem leak in btrfs_submit

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1103132202450.29706@swampdragon.chaosbits.net>
Date:	Sun, 13 Mar 2011 22:03:28 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
To:	linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] BTRFS: Fix mem leak in btrfs_submit_direct()

On Sun, 13 Mar 2011, Jesper Juhl wrote:

> When memory is low and the allocation for 'dip->csums' fail in 
> fs/btrfs/inode.c:btrfs_submit_direct() we make the situation worse by 
> leaking the memory allocated to 'dip'.
> This patch removes the leak by kfree()'ing 'dip' before jumping to the 
> 'free_ordered' label.
> 

Ignore this patch. I see now that Daniel J Blueman already submitted a fix 
for this issue. Sorry about the noise.


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