Re: [PATCH] mtd: fix memory leak

From: Artem Bityutskiy
Date: Sun Jan 30 2011 - 09:53:33 EST


Hi,

On Sun, 2011-01-30 at 10:31 +0100, Mathias Krause wrote:
> 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);
> }

Since register_device() did not allocate it, unregister_devices() should
not free it. Hence, I think it is better to free(name) just after
calling unregister_devices().

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Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (ÐÑÑÑÐ ÐÐÑÑÑÐÐÐ)

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