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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/4] Drivers: hv: utils: fix memory leak on on_msg() failure
On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 12:32:13PM +0100, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> @@ -85,10 +86,10 @@ static ssize_t hvt_op_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
> return PTR_ERR(inmsg);
>
> if (hvt->on_msg(inmsg, count))
> - return -EFAULT;
> + ret = -EFAULT;

You fix this leak and then re-introduce it again directly in patch 3/4.
Also it might be nice to preserve the error code.

ret = hvt->on_msg(inmsg, count);

kfree(inmsg);

return ret ? ret : count;

regards,
dan carpenter


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