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-rw-r--r--cpukit/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--cpukit/libfs/src/imfs/imfs_symlink.c6
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cpukit/ChangeLog b/cpukit/ChangeLog
index 32c43909be..d74f856d69 100644
--- a/cpukit/ChangeLog
+++ b/cpukit/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
2010-01-18 Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>
+ * libfs/src/imfs/imfs_symlink.c: Add comment on Coverity CID22. This is
+ not a resource leak.
+
+2010-01-18 Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>
+
* libfs/src/imfs/imfs_symlink.c: Spacing.
2009-12-28 Shrikant Gaikwad <n3oo3n@gmail.com>
diff --git a/cpukit/libfs/src/imfs/imfs_symlink.c b/cpukit/libfs/src/imfs/imfs_symlink.c
index d82a67d46f..a6d2247e46 100644
--- a/cpukit/libfs/src/imfs/imfs_symlink.c
+++ b/cpukit/libfs/src/imfs/imfs_symlink.c
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ int IMFS_symlink(
/*
* Create a new link node.
+ *
+ * NOTE: Coverity CID 22 notes this as a resource leak. We are ignoring
+ * this analysis because in this particular case it is wrong. This
+ * method creates a symbolic link node for the IMFS. The memory
+ * allocated must persist for the life of the symbolic link not
+ * the life of the method.
*/
new_node = IMFS_create_node(