It looks like hidraw_connect() is leaking memory in case of failure. Also it should return -ENOMEM when kzalloc fails.
Signed-off-by: Mariusz Kozlowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> drivers/hid/hidraw.c | 14 ++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- linux-2.6.23-rc8-mm1-a/drivers/hid/hidraw.c 2007-09-26 12:07:37.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.23-rc8-mm1-b/drivers/hid/hidraw.c 2007-09-26 14:36:08.000000000 +0200 @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hidraw_report_event); int hidraw_connect(struct hid_device *hid) { - int minor, result = -EINVAL; + int minor, result; struct hidraw *dev; /* TODO currently we accept any HID device. This should later @@ -290,8 +290,11 @@ int hidraw_connect(struct hid_device *hi * non-input applications */ - if (!(dev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct hidraw), GFP_KERNEL))) - return -1; + dev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct hidraw), GFP_KERNEL); + if (!dev) + return -ENOMEM; + + result = -EINVAL; spin_lock(&minors_lock); @@ -305,8 +308,10 @@ int hidraw_connect(struct hid_device *hi spin_unlock(&minors_lock); - if (result) + if (result) { + kfree(dev); goto out; + } dev->dev = device_create(hidraw_class, NULL, MKDEV(hidraw_major, minor), "%s%d", "hidraw", minor); @@ -316,6 +321,7 @@ int hidraw_connect(struct hid_device *hi hidraw_table[minor] = NULL; spin_unlock(&minors_lock); result = PTR_ERR(dev->dev); + kfree(dev); goto out; } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/