linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] usb: gadget: configs: plug memory leak

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Date:   Tue, 28 Feb 2017 13:54:56 +0000
From:   Suzuki K Poulose <Suzuki.Poulose@....com>
To:     John Keeping <john@...anate.com>, Felipe Balbi <balbi@...nel.org>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: gadget: configs: plug memory leak

On 28/02/17 10:55, John Keeping wrote:
> When binding a gadget to a device, "name" is stored in gi->udc_name, but
> this does not happen when unregistering and the string is leaked.
>
> Signed-off-by: John Keeping <john@...anate.com>
> ---
>  drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c
> index 78c44979dde3..cbff3b02840d 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c
> @@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ static ssize_t gadget_dev_desc_UDC_store(struct config_item *item,
>  		ret = unregister_gadget(gi);
>  		if (ret)
>  			goto err;
> +		kfree(name);

Looks correct to me.

Suzuki