Re: [PATCH 1/2] android: fix reference leak in sync_fence_create

[Maarten Lankhorst]

Hey,

Op 18-08-14 om 14:57 schreef Dan Carpenter:
> On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 11:53:38AM +0200, Maarten Lankhorst wrote:
>> According to the documentation sync_fence_create takes ownership of the point,
>> not a reference on the point.
>>
> What are the user visible effects of this bug?  I assume this is a real
> bug but judging solely based on your patch description, it sounds like
> you could just update the documentation instead of changing the code.
>
Small memory leak on every created android fence when you run out of tree android drivers.

But because it happens every frame (or possibly even more often) it's worth fixing.

~Maarten
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