On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 10:17:26PM +0100, Cong Ding wrote: > On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 10:13:09PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 10:36:08PM +0100, Cong Ding wrote: > > > the variable iommu and strbuf are not freed if it goes to error. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Cong Ding <dinggnu@xxxxxxxxx> > > > --- > > > arch/sparc/kernel/sbus.c | 8 ++++++-- > > > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/sbus.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/sbus.c > > > index 1271b3a..0b66e53 100644 > > > --- a/arch/sparc/kernel/sbus.c > > > +++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/sbus.c > > > @@ -555,10 +555,10 @@ static void __init sbus_iommu_init(struct platform_device *op) > > > > > > iommu = kzalloc(sizeof(*iommu), GFP_ATOMIC); > > > if (!iommu) > > > - goto fatal_memory_error; > > > + goto fatal_iommu_memory_error; > > > strbuf = kzalloc(sizeof(*strbuf), GFP_ATOMIC); > > > if (!strbuf) > > > - goto fatal_memory_error; > > > + goto fatal_strbuf_memory_error; > > > > > > op->dev.archdata.iommu = iommu; > > > op->dev.archdata.stc = strbuf; > > > @@ -656,6 +656,10 @@ static void __init sbus_iommu_init(struct platform_device *op) > > > return; > > > > > > fatal_memory_error: > > > + kfree(strbuf); > > > +fatal_strbuf_memory_error: > > > + kfree(iommu); > > > +fatal_iommu_memory_error: > > > prom_printf("sbus_iommu_init: Fatal memory allocation error.\n"); > > > } > > kfree is a noop if passed a null pointer. > > So you can just add the missing kfree's to fix this. > > > > Sam > as far as I know, most codes in the kernel are in the same style as this > patch, but if you really prefer to do in the way you described I can send > a new version. I prefer the simpler variant. Please redo. Sam -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html