Commit-ID: 048c852051d2bd5da54a4488bc1f16b0fc74c695 Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/048c852051d2bd5da54a4488bc1f16b0fc74c695 Author: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Sat, 1 May 2010 10:11:35 +0200 Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> CommitDate: Sat, 1 May 2010 13:11:25 +0200 perf: Fix resource leak in failure path of perf_event_open() perf_event_open() kfrees event after init failure which doesn't release all resources allocated by perf_event_alloc(). Use free_event() instead. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxx> LKML-Reference: <4BDBE237.1040809@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> --- kernel/perf_event.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c index 2f3fbf8..3d1552d 100644 --- a/kernel/perf_event.c +++ b/kernel/perf_event.c @@ -4897,7 +4897,7 @@ err_fput_free_put_context: err_free_put_context: if (err < 0) - kfree(event); + free_event(event); err_put_context: if (err < 0) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html