From: Hans Verkuil Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:47:23 +0000 (-0300) Subject: [media] v4l2-dev: don't memset video_device.dev X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=46b633779b299c7fb3d78f153a5034055f99cd45;p=linux-beck.git [media] v4l2-dev: don't memset video_device.dev Zeroing video_device.dev causes a memory leak if video_set_drvdata was called before video_register_device was called. video_set_drvdata calls dev_set_drvdata which allocates video_device.dev.p. memsetting this will prevent freeing of that memory. Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab --- diff --git a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c index 359e23290a7e..341764a3a990 100644 --- a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c +++ b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c @@ -419,6 +419,10 @@ static int get_index(struct video_device *vdev) * The registration code assigns minor numbers and device node numbers * based on the requested type and registers the new device node with * the kernel. + * + * This function assumes that struct video_device was zeroed when it + * was allocated and does not contain any stale date. + * * An error is returned if no free minor or device node number could be * found, or if the registration of the device node failed. * @@ -440,7 +444,6 @@ static int __video_register_device(struct video_device *vdev, int type, int nr, int minor_offset = 0; int minor_cnt = VIDEO_NUM_DEVICES; const char *name_base; - void *priv = vdev->dev.p; /* A minor value of -1 marks this video device as never having been registered */ @@ -559,10 +562,6 @@ static int __video_register_device(struct video_device *vdev, int type, int nr, } /* Part 4: register the device with sysfs */ - memset(&vdev->dev, 0, sizeof(vdev->dev)); - /* The memset above cleared the device's device_private, so - put back the copy we made earlier. */ - vdev->dev.p = priv; vdev->dev.class = &video_class; vdev->dev.devt = MKDEV(VIDEO_MAJOR, vdev->minor); if (vdev->parent)