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lguest: Fix a memory leak with the lg object during launcher close

Fix a memory leak identified by Rusty Russell during LCA09 by
kfree'ing the lg object instead of just clearing it when the
launcher closes.

Signed-off-by: Mark Wallis <mwallis@serialmonkey.com>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Mark Wallis 16 years ago
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1 changed files with 2 additions and 3 deletions
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      drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c

+ 2 - 3
drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c

@@ -307,9 +307,8 @@ static int close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	 * kmalloc()ed string, either of which is ok to hand to kfree(). */
 	if (!IS_ERR(lg->dead))
 		kfree(lg->dead);
-	/* We clear the entire structure, which also marks it as free for the
-	 * next user. */
-	memset(lg, 0, sizeof(*lg));
+	/* Free the memory allocated to the lguest_struct */
+	kfree(lg);
 	/* Release lock and exit. */
 	mutex_unlock(&lguest_lock);