linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi, block: fix memory leak of sdpk on when gd fails to allocate

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Message-ID: <yq1a89d92tl.fsf@oracle.com>
Date:   Wed, 22 Feb 2017 19:19:02 -0500
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     "James E . J . Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi, block: fix memory leak of sdpk on when gd fails to allocate

>>>>> "Colin" == Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com> writes:

Colin> On an allocation failure of gd, the current exit path is via
Colin> out_free_devt which leaves sdpk still allocated and hence it gets
Colin> leaked. Fix this by correcting the order of resource free'ing
Colin> with a change in the error exit path labels.

Applied to 4.11/scsi-fixes.

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering