linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] batman-adv: Fix mem leak in the batadv_tt_local

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Message-ID: <20120807185036.GG3891@ritirata.org>
Date:	Tue, 7 Aug 2012 20:50:36 +0200
From:	Antonio Quartulli <ordex@...istici.org>
To:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	b.a.t.m.a.n@...ts.open-mesh.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Simon Wunderlich <siwu@....tu-chemnitz.de>,
	Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@...oo.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] batman-adv: Fix mem leak in the batadv_tt_local_event()
 function

On Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 08:32:34PM +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> Memory is allocated for 'tt_change_node' with kmalloc().
> 'tt_change_node' may go out of scope really being used for anything
> (except have a few members initialized) if we hit the 'del:' label.
> This patch makes sure we free the memory in that case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>

Acked-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@...istici.org>


Thank you very much Jepser!


-- 
Antonio Quartulli

..each of us alone is worth nothing..
Ernesto "Che" Guevara

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