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Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 07:17:09 +0200 From: Robert Baldyga <r.baldyga@...sung.com> To: balbi@...com Cc: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mina86@...a86.com, andrzej.p@...sung.com, m.szyprowski@...sung.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: gadget: f_fs: remove redundant ffs_data_get() On 10/09/2014 04:21 PM, Felipe Balbi wrote: > On Thu, Oct 09, 2014 at 09:41:16AM +0200, Robert Baldyga wrote: >> During FunctionFS bind, ffs_data_get() function was called twice >> (in functionfs_bind() and in ffs_do_functionfs_bind()), while on unbind >> ffs_data_put() was called once (in functionfs_unbind() function). >> In result refcount never reached value 0, and ffs memory resources has >> been never released. >> >> Since ffs_data_get() call in ffs_do_functionfs_bind() is redundant >> and not neccessary, we remove it to have equal number of gets ans puts, >> and free allocated memory after refcount reach 0. >> >> Signed-off-by: Robert Baldyga <r.baldyga@...sung.com> > > Which commit is this fixing ? does it deserve a stable backport ? How > far back ? > The problem starts with commit 5920cda627688c3229fd63157ff031f3f174175e [usb: gadget: FunctionFS: convert to new function interface with backward compatibility]. This bug causes memory leak so I think it should be in stable too. Thanks, Robert Baldyga -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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