The patch titled
alloc_vmap_area: fix memory leak
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
alloc_vmap_area-fix-memory-leak.patch
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Subject: alloc_vmap_area: fix memory leak
From: Ralph Wuerthner <ralphw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
If alloc_vmap_area() fails the allocated struct vmap_area has to be freed.
Signed-off-by: Ralph Wuerthner <ralphw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/vmalloc.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff -puN mm/vmalloc.c~alloc_vmap_area-fix-memory-leak mm/vmalloc.c
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c~alloc_vmap_area-fix-memory-leak
+++ a/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ overflow:
printk(KERN_WARNING
"vmap allocation for size %lu failed: "
"use vmalloc=<size> to increase size.\n", size);
+ kfree(va);
return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY);
}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from ralphw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
alloc_vmap_area-fix-memory-leak.patch
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