From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Madge Ambassador ATM Adapter driver: Always release_firmware() in ucode_init() and don't leak memory. Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2011 15:46:01 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20110109.154601.116374791.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20110107100239.28032e5d@thirdoffive.cmf.nrl.navy.mil> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: chas@cmf.nrl.navy.mil, linux-atm-general@lists.sourceforge.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: jj@chaosbits.net Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:46382 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753149Ab1AIXp3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Jan 2011 18:45:29 -0500 In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Jesper Juhl Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 22:32:38 +0100 (CET) > Failure to call release_firmware() will result in memory leak in > drivers/atm/ambassador.c::ucode_init(). > This patch makes sure we always call release_firmware() when needed, > thus removing the leak(s). > > Yes, I know checkpatch complains about this patch, but it was either that > or completely mess up the existing style, so I opted to use the existing > style and live with the checkpatch related flak. > > > Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl Applied.