linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: bcm2835: Fix a memory leak in error handling path

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Message-ID: <20170224195731.GB4480@mwanda>
Date:   Fri, 24 Feb 2017 22:57:31 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>
Cc:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
        mchehab@...nel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        f.fainelli@...il.com, rjui@...adcom.com, sbranden@...adcom.com,
        bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com, swarren@...dotorg.org,
        lee@...nel.org, eric@...olt.net, arnd@...db.de,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: bcm2835: Fix a memory leak in error handling
 path

On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 01:37:30PM +0100, Stefan Wahren wrote:
> Hi Christophe,
> 
> Am 19.02.2017 um 11:34 schrieb Christophe JAILLET:
> >If 'kzalloc()' fails, we should release resources allocated so far, just as
> >done in all other cases in this function.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
> >---
> >Not sure that the error handling path is correct.
> >Is 'gdev[0]' freed? Should it be?
> 

Yes, but I already sent a patch to fix this and your leak as well and
Greg merged it.

> sorry, didn't checked your patch yet.

It takes like 30 seconds to review this patch.  Do you use mutt?  I have
a macro that applies patches and loads vim at the right line.

regards,
dan carpenter