linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [staging] iio, adc: Do not leak memory in ad7280_event

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1112052347440.7382@swampdragon.chaosbits.net>
Date:	Mon, 5 Dec 2011 23:48:05 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
cc:	linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	Michael Hennerich <michael.hennerich@...log.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@....ac.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [staging] iio, adc: Do not leak memory in
 ad7280_event_handler()

On Sat, 26 Nov 2011, Greg KH wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 06, 2011 at 10:49:22PM +0100, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> > If ad7280_read_all_channels() returns <0 then we'll leak the memory
> > allocated to 'channels' when we return and that variable goes out of
> > scope.
> > This patch fixes the leak.
> 
> This patch no longer applies to my tree, can you redo it against the
> next linux-next release and resend it?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

Sure. I'll take a look at it this weekend.


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