mountlist: add support for deallocating returned list entries

* lib/mountlist.c (free_mount_entry): A new exported function
to deallocate a mount list entry.
* lib/mountlist.h: Declare the new function.
(read_file_system_list): Refactor to use the new deallocation function.
Suggested by Anton Ovchinnikov.

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lib/mountlist.c b/lib/mountlist.c
index d8d54646c1..30f4286130 100644
--- a/lib/mountlist.c
+++ b/lib/mountlist.c
@@ -961,11 +961,7 @@ read_file_system_list (bool need_fs_type)
     while (mount_list)
       {
         me = mount_list->me_next;
-        free (mount_list->me_devname);
-        free (mount_list->me_mountdir);
-        if (mount_list->me_type_malloced)
-          free (mount_list->me_type);
-        free (mount_list);
+        free_mount_entry (mount_list);
         mount_list = me;
       }
 
@@ -973,3 +969,14 @@ read_file_system_list (bool need_fs_type)
     return NULL;
   }
 }
+
+/* Free a mount entry as returned from read_file_system_list ().  */
+
+void free_mount_entry (struct mount_entry *me)
+{
+  free (me->me_devname);
+  free (me->me_mountdir);
+  if (me->me_type_malloced)
+    free (me->me_type);
+  free (me);
+}