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Subject[PATCH 4/5] efivarfs: efivarfs_fill_super() ensure we free our temporary name
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d_alloc_name() copies the passed name to new storage, once complete we
no longer need our name.

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
---
drivers/firmware/efivars.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
index 79f3e4e..dcb34ae 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
@@ -992,6 +992,8 @@ int efivarfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
inode = efivarfs_get_inode(efivarfs_sb, root->d_inode,
S_IFREG | 0644, 0);
dentry = d_alloc_name(root, name);
+ /* copied by the above to local storage in the dentry. */
+ kfree(name);

efivars->ops->get_variable(entry->var.VariableName,
&entry->var.VendorGuid,
--
1.7.9.5


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