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From: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
To: Zic Rim <zicrim@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>,
	"open list:HID CORE LAYER" <linux-input@vger.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 2/2 -next] hid-lg4ff: add a kfree() to an error path
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:24:47 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110818162447.GE21927@shale.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMvewQJigdY81gPrpndqV=FxN+cEeif4NkzSbBZKCO4z3guQew@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 07:59:32PM +0530, Zic Rim wrote:
> There is no leak here. If kzalloc fails , it means memory is not allocated.
> It is wrong to free something that is not allocated .

No.  The entry allocation succeeded and the entry->device_id
allocation failed.  Look again.

regards,
dan carpenter


  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-08-18 16:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-08-18 13:43 [patch 2/2 -next] hid-lg4ff: add a kfree() to an error path Dan Carpenter
     [not found] ` <CAMvewQJigdY81gPrpndqV=FxN+cEeif4NkzSbBZKCO4z3guQew@mail.gmail.com>
2011-08-18 16:24   ` Dan Carpenter [this message]
     [not found] ` <4E4D2E4A.3020205@bfs.de>
2011-08-19  8:00   ` [patch 2/2 -next v2] " Dan Carpenter
2011-08-23  8:46     ` Jiri Kosina

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