linux-kernel - Re: scsi: mvsas: replace kfree with scsi_host

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Message-ID: <yq1lgmr2ckj.fsf@oracle.com>
Date:   Thu, 10 Aug 2017 20:05:48 -0400
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com>
Cc:     "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>,
        Jinpu Wang <jinpu.wang@...fitbricks.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: scsi: mvsas: replace kfree with scsi_host_put


Pan,

> The return value of scsi_host_alloc() should be released by
> scsi_host_put(). However, in function mvs_pci_init(), kfree()
> is used. This patch replaces kfree() with scsi_host_put() to avoid
> possible memory leaks.

Applied to 4.14/scsi-queue.

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering