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From: Jeff Hartmann <jhartmann@valinux.com>
To: unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)@localhost.localdomain
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mc@cs.Stanford.EDU
Subject: Re: [CHECKER] free bugs in 2.4.4 and 2.4.4-ac8
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 09:21:53 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B0E7891.5030803@valinux.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1533qI-0005jT-00@the-village.bc.nu>

Alan Cox wrote:

> 
>> 		return;
>> /u2/engler/mc/oses/linux/2.4.4-ac8/drivers/char/drm/gamma_dma.c:573:gamma_dma_send_buffers: ERROR:FREE:561:573: WARN: Use-after-free of "last_buf"! set by 'drm_free_buffer':561
>> 		DRM_DEBUG("%d running\n", current->pid);
> 
> 
> Left for the XFree folk
> 

This is a false positive, drm_free_buffer doesn't free any memory 
associated with a buffer.  This code construct is fine.

-Jeff


  parent reply	other threads:[~2001-05-25 15:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-05-24 21:04 [CHECKER] free bugs in 2.4.4 and 2.4.4-ac8 Dawson Engler
2001-05-24 21:17 ` Alexander Viro
2001-05-24 22:01 ` Justin Carlson
2001-05-24 22:44 ` Alan Cox
2001-05-24 22:55   ` Justin Carlson
2001-05-24 23:16     ` Alan Cox
2001-05-24 23:17   ` David S. Miller
2001-05-25 15:21   ` Jeff Hartmann [this message]
2001-05-25  5:19 ` Greg KH
2001-05-25 17:59 ` Rik van Riel

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