2010-01-09 17:27:05

by Alexander Beregalov

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Subject: [PATCH] uml: fix memory leak in arch/um/os-Linux/mem.c

Free tempname before exit.
Found by cppcheck.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Beregalov <[email protected]>
---
arch/um/os-Linux/mem.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/mem.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/mem.c
index 93a11d7..f079ea0 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/mem.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/mem.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ static int __init make_tempfile(const char *template, char **out_tempname,

find_tempdir();
if ((tempdir == NULL) || (strlen(tempdir) >= MAXPATHLEN))
- return -1;
+ goto out;

if (template[0] != '/')
strcpy(tempname, tempdir);
--
1.6.6


2010-01-10 08:11:10

by Cong Wang

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] uml: fix memory leak in arch/um/os-Linux/mem.c

On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 08:26:24PM +0300, Alexander Beregalov wrote:
>Free tempname before exit.
>Found by cppcheck.
>
>Signed-off-by: Alexander Beregalov <[email protected]>

Acked-by: WANG Cong <[email protected]>

Thanks!

>---
> arch/um/os-Linux/mem.c | 2 +-
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/mem.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/mem.c
>index 93a11d7..f079ea0 100644
>--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/mem.c
>+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/mem.c
>@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ static int __init make_tempfile(const char *template, char **out_tempname,
>
> find_tempdir();
> if ((tempdir == NULL) || (strlen(tempdir) >= MAXPATHLEN))
>- return -1;
>+ goto out;
>
> if (template[0] != '/')
> strcpy(tempname, tempdir);
>--
>1.6.6
>
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