Merge branch 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/l…

…inux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: perf: Fix resource leak in failure path of perf_event_open()
kishon · May 4, 2010 · f5fa05d · f5fa05d
2 parents f2809d6 + 048c852
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diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -4897,7 +4897,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
 
 err_free_put_context:
 	if (err < 0)
-		kfree(event);
+		free_event(event);
 
 err_put_context:
 	if (err < 0)