Re: [GIT PATCH] Fix memory leak in qcserial driver

From: Steven Hardy
Date: Mon Mar 28 2011 - 16:42:24 EST


On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 01:54:48PM -0400, Aristeu Rozanski wrote:
> kfree(data) won't make data == NULL. it'll free whatever address data
> has. data will still have the same (now stale) address. you need to
> explicitely make data = NULL if you want that behavior.

Of course, sorry I should have remembered that, too much scripting lately's caused some brain-rot :)

I will resend a revised patch.

Thanks,

Steve
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