linux-kernel - Re: [alsa-devel] kmemleak findings about USB audio recording on 3.3.2

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Date:	Thu, 31 May 2012 10:34:19 +0200
From:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
To:	"Alexander E. Patrakov" <patrakov@...il.com>
Cc:	Clemens Ladisch <clemens@...isch.de>, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [alsa-devel] kmemleak findings about USB audio recording on	3.3.2

At Sun, 27 May 2012 17:18:38 +0600,
Alexander E. Patrakov wrote:
> 
> 2012/5/18 Clemens Ladisch <clemens@...isch.de>:
> > Please try this patch.
> >
> > --8<---------------------------------------------------------------->8--
> > ALSA: usb-audio: fix rate_list memory leak
> >
> > The array of sample rates is reallocated every time when opening
> > the PCM device, but was freed only once when unplugging the device.
> >
> > Reported-by: "Alexander E. Patrakov" <patrakov@...il.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@...isch.de>
> > ---
> >  sound/usb/pcm.c |    3 +++
> >  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >
> > --- a/sound/usb/pcm.c
> > +++ b/sound/usb/pcm.c
> > @@ -783,6 +783,9 @@ static int snd_usb_pcm_check_knot(struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime,
> >        int count = 0, needs_knot = 0;
> >        int err;
> >
> > +       kfree(subs->rate_list.list);
> > +       subs->rate_list.list = NULL;
> > +
> >        list_for_each_entry(fp, &subs->fmt_list, list) {
> >                if (fp->rates & SNDRV_PCM_RATE_CONTINUOUS)
> >                        return 0;
> 
> I have applied this on top of 3.4.0. So far, the microphone works, and
> there are no leaks detected.

OK, I applied the patch to sound git tree now.


thanks,

Takashi
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