[alsa-devel] [PATCH] ASoC: topology: Dont free template strings whilst they are in use.

[Liam Girdwood]

Template name pointers are copied when creating new widgets and are freed
in widget destroy.

Signed-off-by: Liam Girdwood <liam.r.girdwood at linux.intel.com>
---
 sound/soc/soc-topology.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-topology.c b/sound/soc/soc-topology.c
index b0bbb0756f69..b4626298f7eb 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-topology.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-topology.c
@@ -1477,6 +1477,7 @@ static int soc_tplg_dapm_widget_create(struct soc_tplg *tplg,
 	if (template.id < 0)
 		return template.id;
 
+	/* strings are allocated here, but used and freed by the widget */
 	template.name = kstrdup(w->name, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!template.name)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1589,8 +1590,6 @@ static int soc_tplg_dapm_widget_create(struct soc_tplg *tplg,
 	widget->dobj.widget.kcontrol_type = kcontrol_type;
 	widget->dobj.ops = tplg->ops;
 	widget->dobj.index = tplg->index;
-	kfree(template.sname);
-	kfree(template.name);
 	list_add(&widget->dobj.list, &tplg->comp->dobj_list);
 
 	ret = soc_tplg_widget_ready(tplg, widget, w);
-- 
2.11.0