linux-kernel - [PATCH] genirq: Fix memory leak when calling irq_free

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Date:	Mon, 30 Jun 2014 16:24:44 -0600
From:	Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH] genirq: Fix memory leak when calling irq_free_hwirqs()

irq_free_hwirqs() always calls irq_free_descs() with a cnt == 0
which makes it a no-op since the interrupt count to free is
decremented in itself.

Fixes: 7b6ef1262549f6afc5c881aaef80beb8fd15f908

Signed-off-by: Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
---
 kernel/irq/irqdesc.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c b/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
index 7339e42..1487a12 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
@@ -455,9 +455,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(irq_alloc_hwirqs);
  */
 void irq_free_hwirqs(unsigned int from, int cnt)
 {
-	int i;
+	int i, j;
 
-	for (i = from; cnt > 0; i++, cnt--) {
+	for (i = from, j = cnt; j > 0; i++, j--) {
 		irq_set_status_flags(i, _IRQ_NOREQUEST | _IRQ_NOPROBE);
 		arch_teardown_hwirq(i);
 	}
-- 
1.7.10.4

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