[PATCH] kobject_set_name_vargs memory leak

From: Sergey Senozhatsky
Date: Fri Jun 26 2009 - 10:35:35 EST


Hello.
I suppose this patch fixes memory leak in kobject.c
Correct me if I'm wrong.
Thanks.
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Fix memory leak when kobject_set_name_vargs returns -ENOMEM.

Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@xxxxxxx>
---
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index b512b74..922cd8c 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -222,8 +222,10 @@ int kobject_set_name_vargs(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt,
return 0;

kobj->name = kvasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, fmt, vargs);
- if (!kobj->name)
+ if (!kobj->name) {
+ kfree(old_name);
return -ENOMEM;
+ }

/* ewww... some of these buggers have '/' in the name ... */
while ((s = strchr(kobj->name, '/')))
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