These function allocate an acpi object by calling wmi_get_event_data, which then calls acpi_evaluate_object, and it is not freed afterwards. And kernel doc is fixed for parameters of wmi_get_event_data. Signed-off-by: Anisse Astier <anisse@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Hi, I didn't see this patch merged in any tree yet, so I'm resending it with the added acked-bys. Regards, Anisse drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c | 1 + drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c | 2 ++ drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c | 4 ++-- 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c index 0f900cc..f235a98 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c @@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ static void dell_wmi_notify(u32 value, void *context) printk(KERN_INFO "dell-wmi: Unknown key %x pressed\n", buffer[1] & 0xFFFF); } + kfree(obj); } static int __init dell_wmi_input_setup(void) diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c index c284217..36109e1 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c @@ -377,6 +377,8 @@ static void hp_wmi_notify(u32 value, void *context) eventcode); } else printk(KERN_INFO "HP WMI: Unknown response received\n"); + + kfree(obj); } static int __init hp_wmi_input_setup(void) diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c index 177f8d7..87f4c97 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c @@ -510,8 +510,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wmi_remove_notify_handler); /** * wmi_get_event_data - Get WMI data associated with an event * - * @event - Event to find - * &out - Buffer to hold event data + * @event: Event to find + * @out: Buffer to hold event data. out->pointer should be freed with kfree() * * Returns extra data associated with an event in WMI. */ -- 1.6.5.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html