From 4862125b0256a946d2749a1d5003b0604bc3cb4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tejun Heo Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 11:23:31 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] workqueue: fix memory leak in apply_workqueue_attrs() apply_workqueue_attrs() wasn't freeing temp attrs variable @new_attrs in its success path. Fix it. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo Reported-by: Lai Jiangshan --- kernel/workqueue.c | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c index abe1f0da4600..89480fc8eaa3 100644 --- a/kernel/workqueue.c +++ b/kernel/workqueue.c @@ -3636,6 +3636,7 @@ int apply_workqueue_attrs(struct workqueue_struct *wq, struct workqueue_attrs *new_attrs; struct pool_workqueue *pwq = NULL, *last_pwq; struct worker_pool *pool; + int ret; /* only unbound workqueues can change attributes */ if (WARN_ON(!(wq->flags & WQ_UNBOUND))) @@ -3668,12 +3669,16 @@ int apply_workqueue_attrs(struct workqueue_struct *wq, spin_unlock_irq(&last_pwq->pool->lock); } - return 0; + ret = 0; + /* fall through */ +out_free: + free_workqueue_attrs(new_attrs); + return ret; enomem: kmem_cache_free(pwq_cache, pwq); - free_workqueue_attrs(new_attrs); - return -ENOMEM; + ret = -ENOMEM; + goto out_free; } static int alloc_and_link_pwqs(struct workqueue_struct *wq) -- 2.20.1