[2.6 patch] drivers/input/gameport/gameport.c: fix a memory leak

This patch fixes a memory leak found by the Coverity checker.


Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>

--- linux-2.6.16-rc5-mm3-full/drivers/input/gameport/gameport.c.old	2006-03-11 14:28:35.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.16-rc5-mm3-full/drivers/input/gameport/gameport.c	2006-03-11 14:28:53.000000000 +0100
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ static void gameport_queue_event(void *o
 	if ((event = kmalloc(sizeof(struct gameport_event), GFP_ATOMIC))) {
 		if (!try_module_get(owner)) {
 			printk(KERN_WARNING "gameport: Can't get module reference, dropping event %d\n", event_type);
+			kfree(event);
 			goto out;
 		}
 

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