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Subject[37/98] perf: Fix resource leak in failure path of perf_event_open()
2.6.32-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>

commit 048c852051d2bd5da54a4488bc1f16b0fc74c695 upstream.

perf_event_open() kfrees event after init failure which doesn't
release all resources allocated by perf_event_alloc(). Use
free_event() instead.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@au1.ibm.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
LKML-Reference: <4BDBE237.1040809@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

---
kernel/perf_event.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -4609,7 +4609,7 @@ err_fput_free_put_context:

err_free_put_context:
if (err < 0)
- kfree(event);
+ free_event(event);

err_put_context:
if (err < 0)



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