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

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Date:   Fri,  3 May 2019 16:59:26 +1000 (AEST)
From:   Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@...erman.id.au>
To:     "Tobin C. Harding" <tobin@...nel.org>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        "Tobin C. Harding" <tobin@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Fix kobject memleak

On Tue, 2019-04-30 at 01:09:23 UTC, "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: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Reviewed-by: Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@...ux.ibm.com>

Applied to powerpc next, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/7e8039795a80bdf1418964b9cabef616

cheers