* [PATCH] async-thread: fix possible memory leak
@ 2008-07-25 5:34 Li Zefan
2008-07-25 12:45 ` Chris Mason
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Li Zefan @ 2008-07-25 5:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-btrfs
When kthread_run() returns failure, this worker hasn't been
added to the list, so btrfs_stop_workers() won't free it.
Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
---
async-thread.c | 1 +
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/async-thread.c b/async-thread.c
index 8d4cc46..5fe6a0d 100644
--- a/async-thread.c
+++ b/async-thread.c
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ int btrfs_start_workers(struct btrfs_workers *workers, int num_workers)
worker->task = kthread_run(worker_loop, worker, "btrfs");
worker->workers = workers;
if (IS_ERR(worker->task)) {
+ kfree(worker);
ret = PTR_ERR(worker->task);
goto fail;
}
--
1.5.4.rc3
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