[PATCH] drivers/acpi: fix memory leak in acpi_device_set_id

From: Xiaotian Feng
Date: Fri Sep 04 2009 - 03:00:23 EST


In acpi_device_set_id, if cid_list is allocated by ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED,
it is never freed. This patch fixes the memory leak.

Signed-off-by: Xiaotian Feng <dfeng@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/acpi/scan.c | 4 ++++
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
index 781435d..a0102ad 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
@@ -1010,6 +1010,7 @@ static void acpi_device_set_id(struct acpi_device *device,
struct acpi_compatible_id_list *cid_list = NULL;
const char *cid_add = NULL;
acpi_status status;
+ int free_cid_list = 0;

switch (type) {
case ACPI_BUS_TYPE_DEVICE:
@@ -1098,6 +1099,7 @@ static void acpi_device_set_id(struct acpi_device *device,
kfree(buffer.pointer);
return;
} else {
+ free_cid_list = 1;
cid_list->count = 0;
cid_list->size = size;
}
@@ -1124,6 +1126,8 @@ static void acpi_device_set_id(struct acpi_device *device,
printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "Memory allocation error\n");
}

+ if (free_cid_list)
+ ACPI_FREE(cid_list);
kfree(buffer.pointer);
}

--
1.6.2.5

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