linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] workqueue: fix memory leak in wq_numa

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Date:   Mon, 20 Aug 2018 09:00:36 -0700
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     wang.yi59@....com.cn
Cc:     jiangshanlai@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        jiang.biao2@....com.cn, zhong.weidong@....com.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH] workqueue: fix memory leak in wq_numa_init()

On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 12:05:50PM +0800, wang.yi59@....com.cn wrote:
> Gentle ping :)
> 
> > The 'tbl' variable may leak when return in function
> > wq_numa_init(), and this patch fixes this.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Yi Wang <wang.yi59@....com.cn>
> > Reviewed-by: Jiang Biao <jiang.biao2@....com.cn>

It's a kernel bug path where we might as well crash.  Whether the tbl
gets leaked or not doesn't matter.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun