[PATCH 1/3] block: fix add_partition() error path

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Mon Nov 10 2008 - 01:29:23 EST


Partition stats structure was not freed on devt allocation failure
path. Fix it.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/partitions/check.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: work/fs/partitions/check.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/fs/partitions/check.c
+++ work/fs/partitions/check.c
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ int add_partition(struct gendisk *disk,

err = blk_alloc_devt(p, &devt);
if (err)
- goto out_free;
+ goto out_free_stats;
pdev->devt = devt;

/* delay uevent until 'holders' subdir is created */
@@ -426,6 +426,8 @@ int add_partition(struct gendisk *disk,

return 0;

+out_free_stats:
+ free_part_stats(p);
out_free:
kfree(p);
return err;
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