linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] elevator: fix memory leak in ->elevator_init

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Message-ID: <x49a8xx1xx7.fsf@segfault.boston.devel.redhat.com>
Date:	Fri, 24 Apr 2015 09:03:00 -0400
From:	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
To:	Chao Yu <chao2.yu@...sung.com>
Cc:	axboe@...nel.dk, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] elevator: fix memory leak in ->elevator_init_fn

Chao Yu <chao2.yu@...sung.com> writes:

> In ->elevator_init_fn, if we fail to call kzalloc_node, we should release
> elevator queue space which is allocated previously, otherwise it will cause
> memory leak.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <chao2.yu@...sung.com>

Acked-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
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