Re: [PATCH] [v2] ALSA: hdsp: fix some memleaks in snd_hdsp_hwdep_ioctl

[Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 27 Dec 2023 07:03:20 +0100,
Zhipeng Lu wrote:
> 
> When snd_hdsp_load_firmware_from_cache and snd_hdsp_enable_io fails,
> the hdsp->fw_uploaded needs to be free.Or there could be memleaks in
> snd_hdsp_hwdep_ioctl.
> 
> Fixes: 90caaef6a1ce ("ALSA: hdsp: improve firmware caching")
> Signed-off-by: Zhipeng Lu <alexious@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for the patch, but the patch description is misleading.
The allocated object isn't really "leaked"; it's released at the
removal of the driver.

We may apply some optimization like you did, but then it should have a
different description.


thanks,

Takashi