linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] NFS: Fix a memory leak in nfs

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Date:	Wed, 1 Dec 2010 12:18:58 -0800
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
Cc:	Nick Bowler <nbowler@...iptictech.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] NFS: Fix a memory leak in nfs_readdir

On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Trond Myklebust
<Trond.Myklebust@...app.com> wrote:
>
> Something like the following then?
> diff --git a/mm/truncate.c b/mm/truncate.c
> index ba887bf..76ab2a8 100644
> --- a/mm/truncate.c
> +++ b/mm/truncate.c
> @@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ truncate_complete_page(struct address_space *mapping, struct page *page)
>        clear_page_mlock(page);
>        remove_from_page_cache(page);
>        ClearPageMappedToDisk(page);
> +
> +       if (mapping->a_ops->freepage)
> +               mapping->a_ops->freepage(page);
> +
>        page_cache_release(page);       /* pagecache ref */
>        return 0;
>  }

I'd do this in "remove_from_page_cache()" instead of in
"truncate_complete_page()". Otherwise it will miss any other callers
that use "remove_from_page_cache()" (not that there are many, and I
doubt NFS cares about the ones that do exists, but..)

                 Linus
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