[PATCH 0.5/14] workqueue: fix memory leak in apply_workqueue_attrs()

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>From 4862125b0256a946d2749a1d5003b0604bc3cb4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 11:23:31 -0700

apply_workqueue_attrs() wasn't freeing temp attrs variable @new_attrs
in its success path.  Fix it.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
This causes some minor conflicts down the series but nothing
noteworthy.  I'm not posting the whole refreshed series.  If you want
it, holler.

Thanks.

 kernel/workqueue.c | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index abe1f0d..89480fc 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -3636,6 +3636,7 @@ int apply_workqueue_attrs(struct workqueue_struct *wq,
 	struct workqueue_attrs *new_attrs;
 	struct pool_workqueue *pwq = NULL, *last_pwq;
 	struct worker_pool *pool;
+	int ret;
 
 	/* only unbound workqueues can change attributes */
 	if (WARN_ON(!(wq->flags & WQ_UNBOUND)))
@@ -3668,12 +3669,16 @@ int apply_workqueue_attrs(struct workqueue_struct *wq,
 		spin_unlock_irq(&last_pwq->pool->lock);
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	ret = 0;
+	/* fall through */
+out_free:
+	free_workqueue_attrs(new_attrs);
+	return ret;
 
 enomem:
 	kmem_cache_free(pwq_cache, pwq);
-	free_workqueue_attrs(new_attrs);
-	return -ENOMEM;
+	ret = -ENOMEM;
+	goto out_free;
 }
 
 static int alloc_and_link_pwqs(struct workqueue_struct *wq)
-- 
1.8.1.4

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