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[PATCH] memory leak in dentry_open()
authorPeter Staubach <staubach@redhat.com>
Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:59:42 +0000 (00:59 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Mon, 7 Nov 2005 15:53:39 +0000 (07:53 -0800)
commit6fdcc2162285a8fc96ab12ff85086c37bceaa494
tree957c0a2c2c273f6f13d8b9f95412f71856b5d449tree | snapshot
parent5c7ad5104d8ecf2c3a6428d73748126e91b1a250commit | diff
[PATCH] memory leak in dentry_open()

There is a memory leak possible in dentry_open().  If get_empty_filp()
fails, then the references to dentry and mnt need to be released.  The
attached patch adds the calls to dput() and mntput() to release these two
references.

Signed-off-by: Peter Staubach <staubach@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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