linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] objtool: Free memory in error case in special_get

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Message-ID: <20200615104702.GN2497@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Mon, 15 Jun 2020 12:47:02 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>
Cc:     Tobias Klauser <tklauser@...tanz.ch>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] objtool: Free memory in error case in special_get_alts

On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 12:40:32PM +0200, Miroslav Benes wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, 12 Jun 2020, Tobias Klauser wrote:
> 
> > Avoid a memory leak in case get_alt_entry returns an error.
> 
> yes, this is not the only one, but I doubt we want to spend time on that. 
> The process is about to exit anyway.

Right, that's just wasting cycles.