[MTD] physmap: fix leak of memory returned by parse_mtd_partitions

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Gitweb:     http://git.infradead.org/?p=mtd-2.6.git;a=commit;h=176bf2e0f10ecf1d20a97db3bd5bb2e6ba0b5668
Commit:     176bf2e0f10ecf1d20a97db3bd5bb2e6ba0b5668
Parent:     002f6aab43c0e556ee5f588d138587de6a3ed63d
Author:     Atsushi Nemoto <anemo at mba.ocn.ne.jp>
AuthorDate: Mon Dec 1 14:23:39 2008 -0800
Committer:  David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse at intel.com>
CommitDate: Wed Dec 10 16:10:27 2008 +0000

    [MTD] physmap: fix leak of memory returned by parse_mtd_partitions
    
    The mtd partition parser returns an allocated pointer array of
    mtd_partition.  The caller must free it.  The array is used only for
    add_mtd_partitions(), so free it just after the call.
    
    Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo at mba.ocn.ne.jp>
    Cc: Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi at gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm at linux-foundation.org>
    Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse at intel.com>
---
 drivers/mtd/maps/physmap.c |   17 ++++++++---------
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap.c
index 876dfab..58207b3 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ struct physmap_flash_info {
 	struct map_info		map[MAX_RESOURCES];
 #ifdef CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
 	int			nr_parts;
-	struct mtd_partition	*parts;
 #endif
 };
 
@@ -56,14 +55,10 @@ static int physmap_flash_remove(struct platform_device *dev)
 	for (i = 0; i < MAX_RESOURCES; i++) {
 		if (info->mtd[i] != NULL) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
-			if (info->nr_parts) {
+			if (info->nr_parts || physmap_data->nr_parts)
 				del_mtd_partitions(info->mtd[i]);
-				kfree(info->parts);
-			} else if (physmap_data->nr_parts) {
-				del_mtd_partitions(info->mtd[i]);
-			} else {
+			else
 				del_mtd_device(info->mtd[i]);
-			}
 #else
 			del_mtd_device(info->mtd[i]);
 #endif
@@ -86,6 +81,9 @@ static int physmap_flash_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 	int err = 0;
 	int i;
 	int devices_found = 0;
+#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
+	struct mtd_partition *parts;
+#endif
 
 	physmap_data = dev->dev.platform_data;
 	if (physmap_data == NULL)
@@ -163,9 +161,10 @@ static int physmap_flash_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 		goto err_out;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
-	err = parse_mtd_partitions(info->cmtd, part_probe_types, &info->parts, 0);
+	err = parse_mtd_partitions(info->cmtd, part_probe_types, &parts, 0);
 	if (err > 0) {
-		add_mtd_partitions(info->cmtd, info->parts, err);
+		add_mtd_partitions(info->cmtd, parts, err);
+		kfree(parts);
 		return 0;
 	}
 



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