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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/7] drivers/macintosh/via-pmu-led.c: Add of_node_put to avoid memory leak
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 06:08:19PM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Aug 2010, walter harms wrote:
> > > @@ -92,8 +92,10 @@ static int __init via_pmu_led_init(void)
> > > if (dt == NULL)
> > > return -ENODEV;
> > > model = of_get_property(dt, "model", NULL);
> > > - if (model == NULL)
> > > + if (model == NULL) {
> > > + of_node_put(dt);
> > > return -ENODEV;
> > > + }
> > > if (strncmp(model, "PowerBook", strlen("PowerBook")) != 0 &&
> > > strncmp(model, "iBook", strlen("iBook")) != 0 &&
> > > strcmp(model, "PowerMac7,2") != 0 &&
> > >
> >
> > is there any rule that says when to use strncmp ? it seems perfecly valid to use strcpy here
> > (what is done in the last cmp).
>
> Perhaps there are some characters after eg PowerBook that one doesn't want
> to compare with?

Yes. The model property on powermacs always has the version number. strncmp makes sure that *all* PowerBooks and iBooks are matched.

g.


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