From: Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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This is a commit scheduled for the next v2.6.34 longterm release.
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/paulg/longterm-queue-2.6.34.git
If you see a problem with using this for longterm, please comment.
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commit f7bc5051667b74c3861f79eed98c60d5c3b883f7 upstream.
I found a memory leak in sierra_release() (well sierra_probe() I guess)
that looses 8 bytes each time the driver releases a device.
Signed-off-by: Len Sorensen <lsorense@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Johan Hovold <jhovold@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c b/drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c
index e3f32a41ef34..42ea133b0d57 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c
@@ -980,6 +980,7 @@ static void sierra_release(struct usb_serial *serial)
continue;
kfree(portdata);
}
+ kfree(serial->private);
}
#ifdef CONFIG_PM
--
1.8.5.2
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