From: timo.kokkonen@offcode.fi (Timo Kokkonen) Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 08:50:02 +0300 Subject: [PATCHv7 7/8] watchdog: omap_wdt: Fix memory leak on probe fail In-Reply-To: <553D0503.7050207@roeck-us.net> References: <1429701102-22320-1-git-send-email-timo.kokkonen@offcode.fi> <1429701102-22320-8-git-send-email-timo.kokkonen@offcode.fi> <553D0503.7050207@roeck-us.net> Message-ID: <553DCE0A.6010906@offcode.fi> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On 26.04.2015 18:32, Guenter Roeck wrote: > On 04/22/2015 04:11 AM, Timo Kokkonen wrote: >> Structures allocated on the beginning of the probe function must be >> freed in case of failure. > > Really ? The functions are allocated with devm_kzalloc. > It might be useful to introduce an error on purpose, have the code > jump to your new label, and observe what happens. Interesting. I wasn't aware of devm_kzalloc. I will have to remove this patch from the series and rework the another omap patch to apply without this. Thanks! -Timo