[ For RCU trace which is not yet in mainline ] In the initialization of the RCU trace module, if rcupreempt_debugfs_init() fails, we never free the the trace buffer. This patch frees the trace buffer in case the debugfs fails. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Index: linux-2.6.23-rc9-rt1/kernel/rcupreempt_trace.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.23-rc9-rt1.orig/kernel/rcupreempt_trace.c +++ linux-2.6.23-rc9-rt1/kernel/rcupreempt_trace.c @@ -309,11 +309,16 @@ out: static int __init rcupreempt_trace_init(void) { + int ret; + mutex_init(&rcupreempt_trace_mutex); rcupreempt_trace_buf = kmalloc(RCUPREEMPT_TRACE_BUF_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL); if (!rcupreempt_trace_buf) return 1; - return rcupreempt_debugfs_init(); + ret = rcupreempt_debugfs_init(); + if (ret) + kfree(rcupreempt_trace_buf); + return ret; } static void __exit rcupreempt_trace_cleanup(void) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-users" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html