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-rw-r--r--kernel/sched.c13
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 0da2b2635c5..5e220bf7d4c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -5272,11 +5272,20 @@ static struct ctl_table *sd_alloc_ctl_entry(int n)
static void sd_free_ctl_entry(struct ctl_table **tablep)
{
- struct ctl_table *entry = *tablep;
+ struct ctl_table *entry;
- for (entry = *tablep; entry->procname; entry++)
+ /*
+ * In the intermediate directories, both the child directory and
+ * procname are dynamically allocated and could fail but the mode
+ * will always be set. In the lowest directory the names are
+ * static strings and all have proc handlers.
+ */
+ for (entry = *tablep; entry->mode; entry++) {
if (entry->child)
sd_free_ctl_entry(&entry->child);
+ if (entry->proc_handler == NULL)
+ kfree(entry->procname);
+ }
kfree(*tablep);
*tablep = NULL;