Re: Fix memory leak in sierra_release()

From: BjÃrn Mork
Date: Wed Oct 24 2012 - 07:00:29 EST


"Lennart Sorensen" <lsorense@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I found a memory leak in sierra_release() (well sierra_probe() I guess)
> that looses 8 bytes each time the driver releases a device.
>
> Here is the patch to fix it.
>
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c b/drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c
> index 01d882c..76ef95b 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c
> @@ -959,6 +959,7 @@ static void sierra_release(struct usb_serial *serial)
> continue;
> kfree(portdata);
> }
> + kfree(serial->private);
> }
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_PM

Looks sensible to me, but needs a signed-off-by and CC to linux-usb.


BjÃrn
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