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

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Date:   Tue, 30 Apr 2019 16:33:26 +1000
From:   "Tobin C. Harding" <me@...in.cc>
To:     Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Cc:     Rafael Wysocki <rjw@...ysocki.net>, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>, tobin@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: Fix kobject memleak

On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 11:35:52AM +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> Currently the error return path from kobject_init_and_add() is not
> followed by a call to kobject_put() - which means we are leaking the
> kobject.
> 
> Fix it by adding a call to kobject_put() in the error path of
> kobject_init_and_add().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
> ---
> Tobin fixed this for schedutil already.

For what its worth:

 Reviewed-by: Tobin C. Harding <tobin@...nel.org>

Thanks Viresh, one less for me to do!

	Tobin