From: MikeW <mw_phil@yahoo.co.uk>
To: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: leak in mtd/devices/phram.c
Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 07:46:27 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <loom.20070522T094332-377@post.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20070520200936.GB22049@alice
Eric Sesterhenn / Snakebyte <snakebyte <at> gmx.de> writes:
>
> hi,
>
> coverity spotted this leak in mtd/devices/phram.c (bug id #1512),
> when register_device() fails, we dont kfree() name and leak it,
> attached patch should fix this.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte <at> gmx.de>
It's good that the drivers are now getting audited for kmalloc/kfree
(see other recent kfree patch).
Keep it up !! How about a driver memory leak reg-test ?!
Regards,
MikeW
prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-05-22 7:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-05-20 20:09 leak in mtd/devices/phram.c Eric Sesterhenn / Snakebyte
2007-05-20 20:49 ` Jörn Engel
2007-05-22 7:46 ` MikeW [this message]
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