From: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
To: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
Cc: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org,
Philipp Reisner <philipp.reisner@linbit.com>,
drbd-user@lists.linbit.com,
Lars Ellenberg <drbd-dev@lists.linbit.com>
Subject: Re: [Drbd-dev] [patch] drbd: fix memory leak
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:27:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100422122719.GH27497@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100422095641.GR29647@bicker>
On Thu, Apr 22 2010, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> We leak memory if "--dry-run" is not supported by the peer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
>
> diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
> index 67e0fc5..93d1f9b 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
> @@ -1695,6 +1695,7 @@ int drbd_send_protocol(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
> cf |= CF_DRY_RUN;
> else {
> dev_err(DEV, "--dry-run is not supported by peer");
> + kfree(p);
> return 0;
> }
> }
Yep, that's a leak. I have applied it for 2.6.34.
--
Jens Axboe
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-04-22 12:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-04-22 9:56 [Drbd-dev] [patch] drbd: fix memory leak Dan Carpenter
2010-04-22 12:27 ` Jens Axboe [this message]
2010-04-22 12:47 ` Philipp Reisner
2010-04-22 12:47 ` [Drbd-dev] [PATCH 1/1] drbd: Terminate a connection early if sending the protocol fails Philipp Reisner
2010-04-22 12:50 ` [Drbd-dev] [patch] drbd: fix memory leak Jens Axboe
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