[78/93] class: Free the class private data in class

From:		Greg KH <gregkh-AT-suse.de>
To:		linux-kernel-AT-vger.kernel.org, stable-AT-kernel.org
Subject:		[78/93] class: Free the class private data in class_release
Date:		Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:30:11 -0800
Cc:		stable-review-AT-kernel.org, torvalds-AT-linux-foundation.org, akpm-AT-linux-foundation.org, alan-AT-lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart-AT-ideasonboard.com>, Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy-AT-nokia.com>
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2.6.32-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>

commit 18d19c96457d172d913510c083bc7411ed40cb10 upstream.

Fix a memory leak by freeing the memory allocated in __class_register
for the class private data.

Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
Acked-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

---
 drivers/base/class.c |    2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/base/class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ static void class_release(struct kobject
 	else
 		pr_debug("class '%s' does not have a release() function, "
 			 "be careful\n", class->name);
+
+	kfree(cp);
 }
 
 static struct sysfs_ops class_sysfs_ops = {

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[78/93] class: Free the class private data in class_release