linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] null_blk: fix memory leak on cleanup

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Date:	Wed, 2 Sep 2015 12:39:28 -0600
From:	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Matias Bjørling <m@...rling.me>
Cc:	axboe@...com, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Matias Bjørling <mb@...htnvm.io>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] null_blk: fix memory leak on cleanup

On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 02:17:18PM +0200, Matias Bjørling wrote:
> From: Matias Bjørling <mb@...htnvm.io>
> 
> Driver was not freeing the memory allocated for internal nullb queues.
> This patch frees the memory during driver unload.

You may want to consider devm_* style allocations instead.  These are freed
automatically on driver unload, simplifying your error paths and your unload
logic as well as preventing leaks.

See this patch for an example:

https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/8/10/992
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