linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Fix kobject memleak

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Date:   Tue, 30 Apr 2019 13:37:44 -0700
From:   Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     "Tobin C. Harding" <tobin@...nel.org>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Fix kobject memleak

On 04/29/2019 06:09 PM, Tobin C. Harding wrote:
> Currently error return from kobject_init_and_add() is not followed by a
> call to kobject_put().  This means there is a memory leak.
> 
> Add call to kobject_put() in error path of kobject_init_and_add().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <tobin@...nel.org>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@...ux.ibm.com>