[PATCH] mtd: fix memory leak
Mathias Krause
minipli at googlemail.com
Sun Jan 30 04:31:48 EST 2011
Commit 4f678a58 missed two cases where the memory allocated for name
would be leaked. This commit frees the memory when register_device()
fails and on unregister_devices().
Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli at googlemail.com>
---
drivers/mtd/devices/phram.c | 3 +++
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/phram.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/phram.c
index 5239328..8d28fa0 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/phram.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/phram.c
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ static void unregister_devices(void)
list_for_each_entry_safe(this, safe, &phram_list, list) {
del_mtd_device(&this->mtd);
iounmap(this->mtd.priv);
+ kfree(this->mtd.name);
kfree(this);
}
}
@@ -275,6 +276,8 @@ static int phram_setup(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp)
ret = register_device(name, start, len);
if (!ret)
pr_info("%s device: %#x at %#x\n", name, len, start);
+ else
+ kfree(name);
return ret;
}
--
1.5.6.5
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