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Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 19:13:11 +0300 From: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org> To: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au> CC: Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, devel@...nvz.org Subject: [PATCH] Fix memory leak in inet_hashtables.h when NUMA is on The inet_ehash_locks_alloc() looks like this: #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA if (size > PAGE_SIZE) x = vmalloc(...); else #endif x = kmalloc(...); Unlike it, the inet_ehash_locks_alloc() looks like this: #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA if (size > PAGE_SIZE) vfree(x); else #else kfree(x); #endif The error is obvious - if the NUMA is on and the size is less than the PAGE_SIZE we leak the pointer (kfree is inside the #else branch). Compiler doesn't warn us because after the kfree(x) there's a "x = NULL" assignment, so here's another (minor?) bug: we don't set x to NULL under certain circumstances. Boring explanation, I know... Patch explains it better. Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org> --- diff --git a/include/net/inet_hashtables.h b/include/net/inet_hashtables.h index 469216d..37f6cb1 100644 --- a/include/net/inet_hashtables.h +++ b/include/net/inet_hashtables.h @@ -186,9 +186,8 @@ static inline void inet_ehash_locks_free(struct inet_hashinfo *hashinfo) if (size > PAGE_SIZE) vfree(hashinfo->ehash_locks); else -#else - kfree(hashinfo->ehash_locks); #endif + kfree(hashinfo->ehash_locks); hashinfo->ehash_locks = NULL; } } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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