Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Andy Whitcroft <> | Subject | [PATCH 4/5] efivarfs: efivarfs_fill_super() ensure we free our temporary name | Date | Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:32:20 +0100 |
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d_alloc_name() copies the passed name to new storage, once complete we no longer need our name.
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> --- drivers/firmware/efivars.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c index 79f3e4e..dcb34ae 100644 --- a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c +++ b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c @@ -992,6 +992,8 @@ int efivarfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent) inode = efivarfs_get_inode(efivarfs_sb, root->d_inode, S_IFREG | 0644, 0); dentry = d_alloc_name(root, name); + /* copied by the above to local storage in the dentry. */ + kfree(name); efivars->ops->get_variable(entry->var.VariableName, &entry->var.VendorGuid, -- 1.7.9.5
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