linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PM / Hibernation: Fix *massive* memory leak at early exits in hibernation

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Date:	Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:45:49 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	"Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	len.brown@...el.com, tj@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PM / Hibernation: Fix *massive* memory leak at early
 exits in hibernation

On Mon 2011-11-21 23:25:39, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Monday, November 21, 2011, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote:
> > At some of the early exit points during hibernation (exiting either due
> > to failure or after a successful hibernation test, the memory pre-allocated
> > for hibernation is not freed up. And this is *very* serious, because, during
> > pre-allocation, it could have allocated upto a few *gigabytes* of memory!
> > And hence, if a hibernation fails or even if we run some hibernation tests
> > using the 'pm_test' framework, the system is rendered unstable due to memory
> > becoming signifantly lower. Fix this bug.
> 
> While the observation is valid, I'd prefer to do something like the patch
> below.

The code slowly becomes goto maze :-(.

> @@ -357,12 +357,14 @@ int hibernation_snapshot(int platform_mo
>  		 * successful freezer test.
>  		 */
>  		freezer_test_done = true;
> -		goto Close;
> +		goto Cleanup;
>  	}
>  
>  	error = dpm_prepare(PMSG_FREEZE);
> -	if (error)
> -		goto Complete_devices;
> +	if (error) {
> +		dpm_complete(msg);
> +		goto Cleanup;
> +	}

Perhaps dpm_prepare should be changed to clean after itself in the
error case? That is the normal convention AFAICT....

									Pavel
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