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From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
To: Martin Kepplinger <martink@posteo.de>
Cc: mingo.kernel.org@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] tools: objtool: fix memory leak in elf_create_rela_section()
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 07:50:44 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170914125044.23mxcexdv6z7nndl@treble> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170914060138.26472-1-martink@posteo.de>

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 08:01:38AM +0200, Martin Kepplinger wrote:
> Let's free the allocated char array relaname before returning
> in order to avoid leaking memory.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Martin Kepplinger <martink@posteo.de>
> ---
> 
> I should've allocated some brain resources before freeing some computer's.

Oops.  I also failed to engage the brain.  Sometimes the simplest
patches are the most deceptive. ;-)

Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>

-- 
Josh

  reply	other threads:[~2017-09-14 12:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-09-13 22:41 [PATCH] tools: objtool: fix memory leak in elf_create_rela_section() Josh Poimboeuf
2017-09-14  5:31 ` Ingo Molnar
2017-09-14  6:01   ` [PATCH v2] " Martin Kepplinger
2017-09-14 12:50     ` Josh Poimboeuf [this message]
2017-09-14 14:06     ` [tip:core/urgent] tools/objtool: Fix " tip-bot for Martin Kepplinger
2017-09-15  8:43     ` tip-bot for Martin Kepplinger
2017-09-15  9:36     ` [tip:core/urgent] objtool: " tip-bot for Martin Kepplinger

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