Re: Fix memory leak in sierra_release()

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 01:00:21PM +0200, BjÃrn Mork wrote:
> "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.

Oh yeah.  I shouldn't send patches at the end of the day.

I will try again.

-- 
Len Sorensen
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