linux-kernel - [PATCH] workqueue: free rescuer on destroy

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Date:	Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:22:19 +0800
From:	Xiaotian Feng <dfeng@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Xiaotian Feng <dfeng@...hat.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH] workqueue: free rescuer on destroy_workqueue

wq->rescuer is not freed when wq is destroyed, leads a memory leak
then. This patch also remove a redundant line.

Signed-off-by: Xiaotian Feng <dfeng@...hat.com>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
---
 kernel/workqueue.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 2994a0e..1001b6e 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -2782,7 +2782,6 @@ struct workqueue_struct *__alloc_workqueue_key(const char *name,
 		if (IS_ERR(rescuer->task))
 			goto err;
 
-		wq->rescuer = rescuer;
 		rescuer->task->flags |= PF_THREAD_BOUND;
 		wake_up_process(rescuer->task);
 	}
@@ -2848,6 +2847,7 @@ void destroy_workqueue(struct workqueue_struct *wq)
 	if (wq->flags & WQ_RESCUER) {
 		kthread_stop(wq->rescuer->task);
 		free_mayday_mask(wq->mayday_mask);
+		kfree(wq->rescuer);
 	}
 
 	free_cwqs(wq);
-- 
1.7.2.1

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