linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] scripts/tracepoint-update: fix memory leak in add

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Message-ID: <b9254eb2-6cc0-447e-a324-d135ff39abd0@web.de>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:00:06 +0100
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Weigang He <geoffreyhe2@...il.com>, linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
 Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
 Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] scripts/tracepoint-update: fix memory leak in
 add_string() on failure

…
> This bug is found by my static analysis tool …

Will any additional background information become more helpful here?

> ---
>  scripts/tracepoint-update.c | 2 ++
…

Some contributors would appreciate patch version descriptions.
https://lore.kernel.org/all/?q=%22This+looks+like+a+new+version+of+a+previously+submitted+patch%22
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.19-rc6#n310

Regards,
Markus