[PATCH] ACPI: Fix memory leak inacpi_ev_asynch_execute_gpe_method().

From: Jesper Juhl
Date: Sun Jan 16 2011 - 14:37:58 EST


We will leak the memory allocated to 'local_gpe_event_info' if
'acpi_ut_acquire_mutex()' fails or if 'acpi_ev_valid_gpe_event()' fails in
drivers/acpi/acpica/evgpe.c::acpi_ev_asynch_execute_gpe_method().

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
evgpe.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/evgpe.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/evgpe.c
index 7c339d3..b6de1fb 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/evgpe.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/evgpe.c
@@ -471,6 +471,7 @@ static void ACPI_SYSTEM_XFACE acpi_ev_asynch_execute_gpe_method(void *context)

status = acpi_ut_acquire_mutex(ACPI_MTX_EVENTS);
if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+ ACPI_FREE(local_gpe_event_info);
return_VOID;
}

@@ -478,6 +479,7 @@ static void ACPI_SYSTEM_XFACE acpi_ev_asynch_execute_gpe_method(void *context)

if (!acpi_ev_valid_gpe_event(gpe_event_info)) {
status = acpi_ut_release_mutex(ACPI_MTX_EVENTS);
+ ACPI_FREE(local_gpe_event_info);
return_VOID;
}


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