Re: [PATCH] Don't leak 'old_class_name' in drivers/base/core.c::device_rename()

On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:13:27 +0200
Cornelia Huck <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 23:56:01 +0200,
> Jesper Juhl <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > If kmalloc() fails to allocate space for 'old_symlink_name' in
> > drivers/base/core.c::device_rename(), then we'll leak 'old_class_name'.
> 
> driver-core-fixes-check-for-return-value-of-sysfs_create_link.patch (in
> -mm) already fixes this (amongst other things).
> 

I noticed ;)

Greg, I fixed up the rejects this caued to
driver-core-fixes-check-for-return-value-of-sysfs_create_link.patch so you
might as well hang onto this patch.  Will include Cornelia's patch in the next
patch-bombing.
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References:
- [PATCH] Don't leak 'old_class_name' in drivers/base/core.c::device_rename()
  - From: Jesper Juhl <[email protected]>
- Re: [PATCH] Don't leak 'old_class_name' in drivers/base/core.c::device_rename()
  - From: Cornelia Huck <[email protected]>

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