linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/10] mpt3sas: Fixed memory leaks in driver

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Date:   Wed, 11 Oct 2017 17:30:08 +0200
From:   Tomas Henzl <thenzl@...hat.com>
To:     Sreekanth Reddy <sreekanth.reddy@...adcom.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, hch@...radead.org
Cc:     martin.petersen@...cle.com, JBottomley@...allels.com,
        Sathya.Prakash@...adcom.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/10] mpt3sas: Fixed memory leaks in driver

On 10/10/2017 03:11 PM, Sreekanth Reddy wrote:
> Fixed below memory leak in driver,
>
> * While removing Expander devices - we are removing expander
>  device entry from the list before freeing it's child devices,
>  so while freeing child device we are finding its parent device
>  node as NULL and so we are not freeing the child device's
>  allocated data structures.
>  Updated the driver to remove the expander device from the list
>  only after freeing all its child devices.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sreekanth Reddy <Sreekanth.Reddy@...adcom.com>

Signed-off-by: Tomas Henzl <thenzl@...hat.com>

Tomas