On second thought, did you notice that the caller always deletes the list, regardless of the return status? /* Build a list of PCI devices, from PciRegion up to RootPciDevice */ Status = AcpiHwBuildPciList (RootPciDevice, PciRegion, &ListHead); if (ACPI_SUCCESS (Status)) { /* Walk the list, updating the PCI device/function/bus numbers */ Status = AcpiHwProcessPciList (PciId, ListHead); } /* Always delete the list */ AcpiHwDeletePciList (ListHead); return_ACPI_STATUS (Status); > -----Original Message----- > From: Bjorn Helgaas [mailto:bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 9:22 AM > To: Moore, Robert; Zheng, Lv; Wysocki, Rafael J > Cc: linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devel@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Coverity CID 134632: acpi_hw_build_pci_list() memory leak > > Coverity complains that acpi_hw_build_pci_list() leaks memory when it > returns here: > > 201 if (!list_element) { > > CID 134632 (#1 of 2): Resource leak (RESOURCE_LEAK) 13. leaked_storage: > Variable list_head going out of scope leaks the storage it points to. > 202 return (AE_NO_MEMORY); > 203 } > > We're building up a list, and if we fail to allocate another element, we > return failure without deallocating the already built-up list. > > This is CID 134632. > > Bjorn ��.n��������+%������w��{.n�����{�����ܨ}���Ơz�j:+v�����w����ޙ��&�)ߡ�a����z�ޗ���ݢj��w�f