The patch titled
libata-core: make sure that ata_force_tbl is freed in case of an error
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
libata-core-make-sure-that-ata_force_tbl-is-freed-in-case-of-an-error.patch
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Subject: libata-core: make sure that ata_force_tbl is freed in case of an error
From: Elias Oltmanns <eo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fix a potential memory leak when ata_init() encounters an error.
Signed-off-by: Elias Oltmanns <eo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/ata/libata-core.c | 14 +++++++++-----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff -puN drivers/ata/libata-core.c~libata-core-make-sure-that-ata_force_tbl-is-freed-in-case-of-an-error drivers/ata/libata-core.c
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c~libata-core-make-sure-that-ata_force_tbl-is-freed-in-case-of-an-error
+++ a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -6088,16 +6088,20 @@ static int __init ata_init(void)
ata_wq = create_workqueue("ata");
if (!ata_wq)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ goto free_force_tbl;
ata_aux_wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("ata_aux");
- if (!ata_aux_wq) {
- destroy_workqueue(ata_wq);
- return -ENOMEM;
- }
+ if (!ata_aux_wq)
+ goto free_wq;
printk(KERN_DEBUG "libata version " DRV_VERSION " loaded.\n");
return 0;
+
+free_wq:
+ destroy_workqueue(ata_wq);
+free_force_tbl:
+ kfree(ata_force_tbl);
+ return -ENOMEM;
}
static void __exit ata_exit(void)
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from eo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
libata-core-make-sure-that-ata_force_tbl-is-freed-in-case-of-an-error.patch
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