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SubjectRe: Fix memory leak in sierra_release() (this time with signed-off-by)
On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 10:23:09AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> I found a memory leak in sierra_release() (well sierra_probe() I guess)
> that looses 8 bytes each time the driver releases a device.

Good catch! I missed this one when I fixed a bunch of other memory
leaks in the sierra with recent kernels:

http://marc.info/?l=linux-usb&m=135100550421848&w=2

I'll rebase my patch on top of this one as your patch should be
backported to all stable kernels, whereas mine is only required for
v3.6 and later.

> Signed-off-by: Len Sorensen <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>

Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Acked-by: Johan Hovold <jhovold@gmail.com>

Thanks,
Johan


> diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c b/drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c
> index 01d882c..76ef95b 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c
> @@ -959,6 +959,7 @@ static void sierra_release(struct usb_serial *serial)
> continue;
> kfree(portdata);
> }
> + kfree(serial->private);
> }
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_PM


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