>> Will it matter here if the function "kfree" will be called for the >> data structure members "bcs" and "inbuf" after a later function call >> failed within the implementation of "gigaset_initcs"? > > My translation of this question is: could you please hold my hand while > I read the code of a driver I do not use - a driver for hardware that I > don't even have, and therefor cannot really test - after I submitted a > patch that appears to be broken? I got the impression that the exception handling was incomplete in the implementation of the function "gigaset_initcs". Does anybody (besides me) care for improving the software situation there? > My answer to that question is: no, sorry, I won't do that. I find that the process has just started once more to clarify in which directions this software module could evolve. Do we discuss a potential memory leak under special conditions here? Regards, Markus -- 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