linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: dgap: fix memory leak in dgap

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Message-ID: <CAAm8cU40Afrka2uw03s-xjzkQo9sLPfyAVRyShdKLzr16dBy+A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 1 Oct 2015 20:46:50 +0530
From:	Ronit Halder <ronit.crj@...il.com>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:	Lidza Louina <lidza.louina@...il.com>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	DaeSeok Youn <daeseok.youn@...il.com>,
	driverdev-devel@...uxdriverproject.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: dgap: fix memory leak in dgap_parsefile()

> Why not just reject it earlier instead of allocating more data?
I agree on your point.
But we have to make different mechanism for that and my patch is only
to fix the current code.

regards
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