linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] modpost: Stop grab_file() from leaking filedescriptors if fstat() fails

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Date:	Mon, 07 May 2012 13:20:35 +0930
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...nel.org>,
	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
	Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] modpost: Stop grab_file() from leaking filedescriptors if fstat() fails

On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:40:49 +0200 (CEST), Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net> wrote:
> In case the open() call succeeds but the subsequent fstat() call
> fails, then we'll return without close()'ing the filedescriptor.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>

Applied.

Thanks,
Rusty.
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