Charles wrote:

> On Wednesday 21 May 2008 19:21:08 rohit h wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>> I instrumented yaffs2 code (picked from yaffs2 cvs on 5th Oct 2007) 
> to find
>> out memory usage.
>> In yaffs_MknodObject( ) and yaffs_CheckObjectDetailsLoaded( ), if we
>> get symbolic link
>> we call yaffs_CloneString( ) which kmallocs some memory.
>> I have a doubt as to where this memory is being freed.
>> Can somebody help ?
>> Thanks
>> Rohit/
>
> The cloned string is just a copy of the passed in string. It is 
> attached as
> the alias string.
>
> This is freed in static int yaffs_DeleteSymLink(), called by 
> DestroyObject()
> and yaffs_UnlinkWorker().
>
> -- Charles

Hello everyone,

Please forgive my delayed reply.
Consider the following scenario:
1. Mount YAFFS2.
2. Create symbolic link.
	yaffs_CloneString( ) gets called and memory is allocated.
3. Unmount YAFFS2.
	yaffs_DestroyObject( ) is not called.
	yaffs)_UnlinkWorker( ) is also not called.
I am not sure, maybe we should free the memory in yaffs_DeinitialiseObjects( ).

Thanks,
Rohit