Re: [PATCH] acer-wmi: fix memory leaks in wmab_execute error path

[Carlos Corbacho]

On Friday 09 July 2010 04:51:15 Axel Lin wrote:
> When acpi_evaluate_object() is passed ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER,
> the caller must kfree the returned buffer if AE_OK is returned.
> 
> Call Trace:
> wmab_execute
>   -> wmi_evaluate_method
>     -> acpi_evaluate_object
> 
> Thus if callers of wmab_execute() pass ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER,
> the return buffer must be kfreed if wmab_execute return AE_OK.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Carlos Corbacho <carlos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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