linux-kernel - Re: Fix memory leak in sierra_release() (this time with signed-off-by)

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Message-ID: <20121024160613.GR18610@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
Date:	Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:06:13 -0400
From:	"Lennart Sorensen" <lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca>
To:	Johan Hovold <jhovold@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>,
	linux@...rrawireless.com, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: Fix memory leak in sierra_release() (this time with
 signed-off-by)

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 04:56:44PM +0200, Johan Hovold wrote:
> Good catch! I missed this one when I fixed a bunch of other memory
> leaks in the sierra with recent kernels:
> 
> 	http://marc.info/?l=linux-usb&m=135100550421848&w=2
> 
> I'll rebase my patch on top of this one as your patch should be
> backported to all stable kernels, whereas mine is only required for
> v3.6 and later.

Oh that looks useful.  I was trying to track down if there were more
leaks in the driver.  I just fixed the one that was most obvious to me.

-- 
Len Sorensen
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