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In fb_get_options(), always duplicate the returned option string and transfer ownership of the memory to the function's caller. Until now, only the global option string got duplicated and transferred to the caller; the per-driver options were owned by fb_get_options(). In the end, it was impossible for the function's caller to detect if it had to release the string's memory buffer. Hence, all calling drivers leak the memory buffer. The leaks have existed ever since, but drivers only call fb_get_option() once as part of module initialization. So the amount of leaked memory is not significant. Fix the semantics of fb_get_option() by unconditionally transferring ownership of the memory buffer to the caller. Later patches can resolve the memory leaks in the fbdev drivers. Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de> Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com> Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20230209135509.7786-3-tzimmermann@suse.de
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.