[PATCH v2] class: Free the class private data in class_release

From: Laurent Pinchart
Date: Wed Feb 10 2010 - 07:33:01 EST


Fix a memory leak by freeing the memory allocated in __class_register
for the class private data.

Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/class.c | 2 ++
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c
index 161746d..6e2c3b0 100644
--- a/drivers/base/class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ static void class_release(struct kobject *kobj)
else
pr_debug("class '%s' does not have a release() function, "
"be careful\n", class->name);
+
+ kfree(cp);
}

static struct sysfs_ops class_sysfs_ops = {
--
1.6.4.4

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