[PATCH] dell-wmi: fix a memory leak

From: Axel Lin
Date: Wed Jun 30 2010 - 05:23:28 EST


If dell_new_hk_type is true, dell_legacy_wmi_keymap will point to a memory
allocated in setup_new_hk_map().
In this case, the memory is not freed in current implementation.
This patch fixes the leak by kfree(dell_wmi_keymap) if dell_new_hk_type is true.

Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c
index 66f53c3..ee6452e 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c
@@ -339,13 +339,18 @@ static int __init dell_wmi_init(void)
acpi_video = acpi_video_backlight_support();

err = dell_wmi_input_setup();
- if (err)
+ if (err) {
+ if (dell_new_hk_type)
+ kfree(dell_wmi_keymap);
return err;
+ }

status = wmi_install_notify_handler(DELL_EVENT_GUID,
dell_wmi_notify, NULL);
if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
input_unregister_device(dell_wmi_input_dev);
+ if (dell_new_hk_type)
+ kfree(dell_wmi_keymap);
printk(KERN_ERR
"dell-wmi: Unable to register notify handler - %d\n",
status);
@@ -359,6 +364,8 @@ static void __exit dell_wmi_exit(void)
{
wmi_remove_notify_handler(DELL_EVENT_GUID);
input_unregister_device(dell_wmi_input_dev);
+ if (dell_new_hk_type)
+ kfree(dell_wmi_keymap);
}

module_init(dell_wmi_init);
--
1.5.4.3



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