linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: mvpp2: fix possible memory leak

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Message-ID: <20141102061918.GA2400@sudip-PC>
Date:	Sun, 2 Nov 2014 11:49:18 +0530
From:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
To:	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Marcin Wojtas <mw@...ihalf.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH]  net: mvpp2: fix possible memory leak

On Sat, Nov 01, 2014 at 11:24:45PM +0100, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Dear Sudip Mukherjee,
> 
> On Sat,  1 Nov 2014 16:59:34 +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> > we are allocating memory using kzalloc for struct mvpp2_prs_entry,
> > but later when we are getting error we were just returning the error
> > value without releasing the memory.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@...torindia.org>
> > ---
> > 
> > hi,
> > i could not build test after modifying it. I tried to compile using
> > multi_v7_defconfig , but the cross compiler i have is not able to
> > compile it and giving sevaral warnings from the assembler.
> 
> That seems weird. Which compiler are you using, and which errors were
> you getting?
> 
> In any case, it would have been good to Cc the authors of the driver.
yes, i should have. Ccing now. better late than never.
i am using gcc version 4.3.2 (Sourcery G++ Lite 2008q3-72).

thanks
sudip

> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Thomas
> -- 
> Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
> Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
> http://free-electrons.com
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