* [2.6 patch] drivers/input/gameport/gameport.c: fix a memory leak
@ 2006-03-11 15:10 Adrian Bunk
2006-03-14 5:18 ` Dmitry Torokhov
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Adrian Bunk @ 2006-03-11 15:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: dtor_core; +Cc: linux-input, linux-kernel
This patch fixes a memory leak found by the Coverity checker.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
--- linux-2.6.16-rc5-mm3-full/drivers/input/gameport/gameport.c.old 2006-03-11 14:28:35.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.16-rc5-mm3-full/drivers/input/gameport/gameport.c 2006-03-11 14:28:53.000000000 +0100
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ static void gameport_queue_event(void *o
if ((event = kmalloc(sizeof(struct gameport_event), GFP_ATOMIC))) {
if (!try_module_get(owner)) {
printk(KERN_WARNING "gameport: Can't get module reference, dropping event %d\n", event_type);
+ kfree(event);
goto out;
}
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* Re: [2.6 patch] drivers/input/gameport/gameport.c: fix a memory leak
2006-03-11 15:10 [2.6 patch] drivers/input/gameport/gameport.c: fix a memory leak Adrian Bunk
@ 2006-03-14 5:18 ` Dmitry Torokhov
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From: Dmitry Torokhov @ 2006-03-14 5:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Adrian Bunk; +Cc: linux-input, linux-kernel
On Saturday 11 March 2006 10:10, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> This patch fixes a memory leak found by the Coverity checker.
>
Both patches applied, thank you Adrian.
Because the leak is very hard to trigger it will not be merged until
2.6.17 opens up.
--
Dmitry
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