linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [objtoo] fix memory leak in special_get

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Message-ID: <20200622224811.ske5jxc3s32yhgsp@treble>
Date:   Mon, 22 Jun 2020 17:48:11 -0500
From:   Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
To:     Gaurav Singh <gaurav1086@...il.com>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [objtoo] fix memory leak in special_get_alts

On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 10:04:34PM -0400, Gaurav Singh wrote:
> Free alt before returning to avoid memory leak.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gaurav Singh <gaurav1086@...il.com>

Hi Gaurav,

Since objtool is a short-lived (and performance sensitive) process, we
don't care about memory leaks.  In fact we intentionally don't fix them.

-- 
Josh