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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Stanislav Goriainov <goriainov@ispras.ru>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ldv-project@linuxtesting.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] objtool: Fix memory leak in create_static_call_section()
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 17:55:16 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YuFf5LiWGLH6ul5E@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220727154825.3427-1-goriainov@ispras.ru>

On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 06:48:25PM +0300, Stanislav Goriainov wrote:
> On some paths of function create_static_call_section() the memory,
> allocated for key_name via strdup(), is not freed. Even though this
> is a utility function, and all memory will be freed automatically
> after the process is finished, there is free(key_sym) in some cases,
> so it would be sensible to always deallocate the memory.
> 
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
> 

This is a run-once die on error program. This is pointless and most
certainly doesn't 'fix' anything.

      reply	other threads:[~2022-07-27 15:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-07-27 15:48 [PATCH] objtool: Fix memory leak in create_static_call_section() Stanislav Goriainov
2022-07-27 15:55 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]

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