[relayfs-devel] [PATCH] librelay.c: fix memory leak in send_request()

[Michael D. <md...@go...>]

Fix memory leak in send_request() and remove an unnecessary
type cast of the return value from malloc.

Signed-off-by: Michael Davidson <md...@go...>

--- relay-apps-0.8/librelay.c	2005-08-05 10:03:30.000000000 -0700
+++ relay-apps/librelay.c	2005-10-05 11:01:18.000000000 -0700
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 	struct nlmsghdr *req;
 	int err;
 
-	req = (struct nlmsghdr *)malloc(NLMSG_SPACE(len));
+	req = malloc(NLMSG_SPACE(len));
 	memset(req, 0, NLMSG_SPACE(len));
 	req->nlmsg_len = NLMSG_LENGTH(len);
 	req->nlmsg_type = type;
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@
 	err = send(control_channel, req, req->nlmsg_len, 0);
 	if (err < 0)
 		fprintf(stderr, "netlink send error\n");
+
+	free(req);
+
 	return err;
 }