linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] physmap: Fix leak of memory returned by parse_mtd

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Date:	Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:04:38 +0200
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind@...radead.org>
To:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Cc:	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>,
	Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@....ocn.ne.jp>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] physmap: Fix leak of memory returned by
	parse_mtd_partitions

On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 13:57 +0000, David Woodhouse wrote:
> I suspect it might be better to take the simple bug-fix approach for
> now, given that we are planning a revamp of the MTD core API anyway --
> we can redo partitions properly at the point, so they aren't just an
> evil hack.

Off topic: is this going to really happen? Are you have real plans
to do this?

Also, you also mentioned that you have sysfs for MTD, are we going to
see them in mtd-2.6.git any time soon?

-- 
Best regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Битюцкий Артём)

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