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    ARM: cpuidle: Avoid memleak if init fail · ed40fad9
    Stefan Wahren authored
    
    
    In case there are no DT idle states defined or
    cpuidle_register_driver() fails, the copy of the idle driver is leaked:
    
        unreferenced object 0xede0dc00 (size 1024):
        comm "swapper/0", pid 1, jiffies 4294937431 (age 744.510s)
        hex dump (first 32 bytes):
        94 9e 0b c1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
        57 46 49 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 WFI.............
        backtrace:
        [<c1295f04>] arm_idle_init+0x44/0x1ac
        [<c0301e6c>] do_one_initcall+0x3c/0x16c
        [<c1200d70>] kernel_init_freeable+0x110/0x1d0
        [<c0cb3624>] kernel_init+0x8/0x114
        [<c0307a98>] ret_from_fork+0x14/0x3c
    
    So fix this by freeing the unregistered copy in error case.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarStefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@i2se.com>
    Fixes: d50a7d8a
    
     (ARM: cpuidle: Support asymmetric idle definition)
    Signed-off-by: default avatarRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
    ed40fad9