Re: [PATCH] mfd: Don't leak init_data in tps65910_i2c_probe

[Samuel Ortiz]

Hi Jesper,

On Sat, Jul 02, 2011 at 09:21:38PM +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> There are a couple of situations where we leak init_data in
> drivers/mfd/tps65910.c:tps65910_i2c_probe() - this patch should take
> care of them.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/mfd/tps65910.c |    8 ++++++--
>  1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
>  Compile tested only.
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/tps65910.c b/drivers/mfd/tps65910.c
> index 2229e66..0db62f4 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/tps65910.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/tps65910.c
> @@ -144,15 +144,17 @@ static int tps65910_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c,
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
>  	init_data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct tps65910_platform_data), GFP_KERNEL);
> -	if (init_data == NULL)
> +	if (!init_data)
This is not a memory leak fix. And I actually prefer the == NULL check.
Please remove the == NULL check replacement with !* and keep only the memory
leak fixing part.

Cheers,
Samuel.

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