Re: [PATCH] fdtput.c: Fix memory leak.

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On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 12:36:21AM +0200, Jean-Christophe Dubois wrote:
> CID 132821 (#1 of 1): Resource leak (RESOURCE_LEAK)
> 12. leaked_storage: Variable value going out of scope leaks the storage it points to.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jean-Christophe Dubois <jcd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

As with fdtput, because the program exits immediately after, there's
really no point to this free().

> ---
>  fdtput.c | 7 ++++++-
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fdtput.c b/fdtput.c
> index 9b15c53..db65e96 100644
> --- a/fdtput.c
> +++ b/fdtput.c
> @@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ static int delete_node(char *blob, const char *node_name)
>  static int do_fdtput(struct display_info *disp, const char *filename,
>  		    char **arg, int arg_count)
>  {
> -	char *value;
> +	char *value = NULL;
>  	char *blob;
>  	char *node;
>  	int len, ret = 0;
> @@ -374,6 +374,11 @@ static int do_fdtput(struct display_info *disp, const char *filename,
>  	}
>  
>  	free(blob);
> +
> +	if (value) {
> +		free(value);
> +	}
> +
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  

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