Eliminate a memory leak by unifying the error handling code at the end of the function. Signed-off-by: Firo Yang <firogm@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/base/firmware_class.c | 19 ++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c index 8c3aa3c..5bb098b 100644 --- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c +++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c @@ -1299,6 +1299,7 @@ request_firmware_nowait( const char *name, struct device *device, gfp_t gfp, void *context, void (*cont)(const struct firmware *fw, void *context)) { + int rc; struct firmware_work *fw_work; fw_work = kzalloc(sizeof(struct firmware_work), gfp); @@ -1307,8 +1308,11 @@ request_firmware_nowait( fw_work->module = module; fw_work->name = kstrdup_const(name, gfp); - if (!fw_work->name) - return -ENOMEM; + if (!fw_work->name) { + rc = -ENOMEM; + goto free_work; + } + fw_work->device = device; fw_work->context = context; fw_work->cont = cont; @@ -1316,15 +1320,20 @@ request_firmware_nowait( (uevent ? FW_OPT_UEVENT : FW_OPT_USERHELPER); if (!try_module_get(module)) { - kfree_const(fw_work->name); - kfree(fw_work); - return -EFAULT; + rc = -EFAULT; + goto free_name; } get_device(fw_work->device); INIT_WORK(&fw_work->work, request_firmware_work_func); schedule_work(&fw_work->work); return 0; + +free_name: + kfree_const(fw_work->name); +free_work: + kfree(fw_work); + return rc; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(request_firmware_nowait); -- 2.4.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html