Hello,

i have checked the source of the linux kernel with a static code analyis tool (cppcheck). It found two resource leaks in file  "linux-2.6.30/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c".

cppcheck prints the following output:

[linux-2.6.30/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c:134]: (error) Resource leak: fd
[linux-2.6.30/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c:134]: (error) Resource leak: ofd


Take a look at file objstrip.c at line 134:


...
	printf("%lu\n", size);
	return 0;
...

Indeed fd and ofd are not closed.
A possible fix might be:
...
	printf("%lu\n", size);
        close(fd);
        close(ofd);
	return 0;
...


Best regards

Ettl Martin