netdev - Re: [patch 14/28] dccp: fix memory leak and clean up style

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Date:	Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:24:09 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jesper.juhl@...il.com,
	ian.mcdonald@...di.co.nz
Subject: Re: [patch 14/28] dccp: fix memory leak and clean up style -
 dccp_feat_empty_confirm()

From: akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:11:57 -0700

> From: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
> 
> There's a memory leak in net/dccp/feat.c::dccp_feat_empty_confirm().  If we
> hit the 'default:' case of the 'switch' statement, then we return without
> freeing 'opt', thus leaking 'struct dccp_opt_pend' bytes.
> 
> The leak is fixed easily enough by adding a kfree(opt); before the return
> statement.
> 
> The patch also changes the layout of the 'switch' to be more in line with
> CodingStyle.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
> Acked-by: Ian McDonald <ian.mcdonald@...di.co.nz>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>

Applied to net-2.6, thanks!
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