[PATCH] nbd: fix possible memory leak
From: Markus Pargmann
Date: Thu Mar 05 2015 - 03:09:50 EST
From: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@xxxxxxxxx>
we have already allocated memory for nbd_dev, but we were not
releasing that memory and just returning the error value.
Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Paul Clements <Paul.Clements@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Markus Pargmann <mpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/nbd.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 4bc2a5cb9935..a98c41f72c63 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -803,10 +803,6 @@ static int __init nbd_init(void)
return -EINVAL;
}
- nbd_dev = kcalloc(nbds_max, sizeof(*nbd_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!nbd_dev)
- return -ENOMEM;
-
part_shift = 0;
if (max_part > 0) {
part_shift = fls(max_part);
@@ -828,6 +824,10 @@ static int __init nbd_init(void)
if (nbds_max > 1UL << (MINORBITS - part_shift))
return -EINVAL;
+ nbd_dev = kcalloc(nbds_max, sizeof(*nbd_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!nbd_dev)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
for (i = 0; i < nbds_max; i++) {
struct gendisk *disk = alloc_disk(1 << part_shift);
if (!disk)
--
2.1.4
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