Re: [CHECKER] 32 Memory Leaks on Error Paths

From: Pete Zaitcev
Date: Wed Sep 24 2003 - 11:40:14 EST


> > - spin_lock(&codec->ac97_lock);
> > + down(&unit->ac97_lock);
> > /* XXX Do make use of dev->id */
> > - ymfpci_codec_ready(codec, 0, 0);
>
> This breaks ac97 locking and should not be applied. The core ac97
> code is called some times with interrupts disabled. That is unavoidable.
>
> The only change that is relevant is the kfree

In that case, whoever added spinlocks should have removed
schedule() from ymfpci_ready_wait().

-- Pete
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