Once we've called request_firmware() we must remember to call
release_firmware() to free memory. We don't currently do this in
bfad_read_firmware(); causing a memory leak.
Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
bfad.c | 11 +++++------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
Compile tested only.
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad.c b/drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad.c
index 44524cf..d7bafeb 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad.c
@@ -1558,23 +1558,22 @@ bfad_read_firmware(struct pci_dev *pdev, u32 **bfi_image,
if (request_firmware(&fw, fw_name, &pdev->dev)) {
printk(KERN_ALERT "Can't locate firmware %s\n", fw_name);
- goto error;
+ *bfi_image = NULL;
+ goto out;
}
*bfi_image = vmalloc(fw->size);
if (NULL == *bfi_image) {
printk(KERN_ALERT "Fail to allocate buffer for fw image "
"size=%x!\n", (u32) fw->size);
- goto error;
+ goto out;
}
memcpy(*bfi_image, fw->data, fw->size);
*bfi_image_size = fw->size/sizeof(u32);
-
+out:
+ release_firmware(fw);
return *bfi_image;
-
-error:
- return NULL;
}
u32 *
--
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