* [PATCH] do_mounts memory leak
@ 2003-02-05 21:39 Randy.Dunlap
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From: Randy.Dunlap @ 2003-02-05 21:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel, torvalds
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Hi,
The Stanford Checker identified a memory leak in
init/do_mounts.c. This patch to 2.5.59 corrects it.
Please apply.
Thanks,
~Randy
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diff -Naur ./init/do_mounts.c%LEAK ./init/do_mounts.c
--- ./init/do_mounts.c%LEAK Thu Jan 16 18:22:02 2003
+++ ./init/do_mounts.c Tue Feb 4 21:46:58 2003
@@ -653,12 +653,6 @@
/*
* OK, time to copy in the data
*/
- buf = kmalloc(BLOCK_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (buf == 0) {
- printk(KERN_ERR "RAMDISK: could not allocate buffer\n");
- goto done;
- }
-
if (sys_ioctl(in_fd, BLKGETSIZE, (unsigned long)&devblocks) < 0)
devblocks = 0;
else
@@ -669,6 +663,12 @@
if (devblocks == 0) {
printk(KERN_ERR "RAMDISK: could not determine device size\n");
+ goto done;
+ }
+
+ buf = kmalloc(BLOCK_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (buf == 0) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "RAMDISK: could not allocate buffer\n");
goto done;
}
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