pdata needs to be freed before leaving the function in an error case. A simplified version of the semantic match that finds the problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr) // <smpl> @r exists@ local idexpression x; statement S; identifier f1; position p1,p2; expression *ptr != NULL; @@ x@p1 = \(kmalloc\|kzalloc\|kcalloc\)(...); ... if (x == NULL) S <... when != x when != if (...) { <+...x...+> } x->f1 ...> ( return \(0\|<+...x...+>\|ptr\); | return@p2 ...; ) @script:python@ p1 << r.p1; p2 << r.p2; @@ print "* file: %s kmalloc %s return %s" % (p1[0].file,p1[0].line,p2[0].line) // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- arch/arm/mach-omap2/devices.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/devices.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/devices.c index 46dfd1a..3334a47 100644 --- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/devices.c +++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/devices.c @@ -393,6 +393,7 @@ static int omap_mcspi_init(struct omap_hwmod *oh, void *unused) break; default: pr_err("Invalid McSPI Revision value\n"); + kfree(pdata); return -EINVAL; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html