linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: fix memory leak on oom with zerocopy

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Date:	Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:25:14 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mst@...hat.com
Cc:	edumazet@...gle.com, bhutchings@...arflare.com,
	mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: fix memory leak on oom with zerocopy

From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 11:44:16 +0300

> If orphan flags fails, we don't free the skb
> on receive, which leaks the skb memory.
> 
> Return value was also wrong: netif_receive_skb
> is supposed to return NET_RX_DROP, not ENOMEM.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>

Applied, thanks Michael.
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