Re: [PATCH v2] staging: bcm2835-audio: Fix memory corruption

[Stefan Wahren]

Hi Phil,

> Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hat am 23. September 2017 um 18:15 geschrieben:
> 
> 
> On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 12:57:33PM +0200, Stefan Wahren wrote:
> > Hi Greg,
> > 
> > > Phil Elwell <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hat am 11. August 2017 um 12:20 geschrieben:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > The previous commit (0adbfd46) fixed a memory leak but also freed a
> > > block in the success case, causing a stale pointer to be used with
> > > potentially fatal results. Only free the vchi_instance block in the
> > > case that vchi_connect fails; once connected, the instance is
> > > retained for subsequent connections.
> > > 
> > > Simplifying the code by removing a bunch of gotos and returning errors
> > > directly.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Phil Elwell <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Fixes: 0adbfd4694c2 ("staging: bcm2835-audio: fix memory leak in bcm2835_audio_open_connection()")
> > 
> > can you still apply this patch or do you need a resend?
> 
> Hm, I don't see this anywhere in my tree, or in my todo mbox, so yes,
> please resend it, thanks.

could you please resend this patch?

Thanks
Stefan

> 
> greg k-h