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| -rw-r--r-- | cpukit/ChangeLog | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | cpukit/libblock/src/ramdisk-config.c | 8 |
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diff --git a/cpukit/ChangeLog b/cpukit/ChangeLog index 0bbb27296a..ab4131826f 100644 --- a/cpukit/ChangeLog +++ b/cpukit/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,15 @@ 2010-01-18 Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com> + Coverity Id 27 + * libblock/src/ramdisk-config.c: Coverity notes that the + calloc() is a resource leak. This is allocating memory for + a RAM disk which will persist for the life of the system. RTEMS + has no "de-initialize" driver call so there is no corresponding + free(r). Coverity is correct that it is never freed but this is + not a problem. + +2010-01-18 Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com> + * libmisc/stackchk/check.c: Fix warning. 2010-01-18 Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com> diff --git a/cpukit/libblock/src/ramdisk-config.c b/cpukit/libblock/src/ramdisk-config.c index 34c54c4145..8ac513cdef 100644 --- a/cpukit/libblock/src/ramdisk-config.c +++ b/cpukit/libblock/src/ramdisk-config.c @@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ ramdisk_initialize( if (rc != RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL) return rc; + /* + * Coverity Id 27 notes that this calloc() is a resource leak. + * + * This is allocating memory for a RAM disk which will persist for + * the life of the system. RTEMS has no "de-initialize" driver call + * so there is no corresponding free(r). Coverity is correct that + * it is never freed but this is not a problem. + */ r = calloc(rtems_ramdisk_configuration_size, sizeof(struct ramdisk)); r->trace = false; for (i = 0; i < rtems_ramdisk_configuration_size; i++, c++, r++) |