Re: [PATCH 1/3] freevxfs: fix buffer_head leak

[Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>]

Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> wrote:
>
> you're still leaking a buffer in the hypothetical !buffer_mapped() case.
>  Better remove that check completely.

OK..


--- 25/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_fshead.c~freevxfs-fix-buffer_head-leak	2005-06-28 23:55:53.000000000 -0700
+++ 25-akpm/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_fshead.c	2005-06-29 00:21:23.000000000 -0700
@@ -78,17 +78,18 @@ vxfs_getfsh(struct inode *ip, int which)
 	struct buffer_head		*bp;
 
 	bp = vxfs_bread(ip, which);
-	if (buffer_mapped(bp)) {
+	if (bp) {
 		struct vxfs_fsh		*fhp;
 
-		if (!(fhp = kmalloc(sizeof(*fhp), SLAB_KERNEL)))
-			return NULL;
+		if (!(fhp = kmalloc(sizeof(*fhp), GFP_KERNEL)))
+			goto out;
 		memcpy(fhp, bp->b_data, sizeof(*fhp));
 
-		brelse(bp);
+		put_bh(bp);
 		return (fhp);
 	}
-
+out:
+	brelse(bp);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
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