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Re: [PATCH v10 1/1] efi: a misc char interface for user to update efi firmware

From Matt Fleming <matt@console-pimps.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH v10 1/1] efi: a misc char interface for user to update efi firmware
Date 2016-01-21 13:40 +0100
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On Mon, 21 Dec, at 05:04:11PM, Bryan O'Donoghue wrote:
> > +static int efi_capsule_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> > +{
> > +	struct capsule_info *cap_info;
> > +
> > +	cap_info = kzalloc(sizeof(*cap_info), GFP_KERNEL);
> > +	if (!cap_info)
> > +		return -ENOMEM;
> > +
> > +	file->private_data = cap_info;
> > +
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> 
> You have a memory leak here don't you ?
> 
> if I do 
> for (i = 0; i < N; i++) {
> 	fd = open(/dev/your_node);
> 	close(fd);
> }
> 
> You'll leak that kzalloc...

Nope, it gets freed in efi_capsule_release(). Though the code does
leak cap_info->pages if a capsule is successfully submitted to the
firmware.

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