linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix leaks on /proc/{*/sched,sched_debug,timer_list,timer

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Message-Id: <20070717175346.da0899f3.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:53:46 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...ru>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devel@...nvz.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix leaks on
 /proc/{*/sched,sched_debug,timer_list,timer_stats}

On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:36:10 +0200
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:

> 
> * Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...ru> wrote:
> 
> > On every open/close one struct seq_operations leaks.
> > Kudos to /proc/slab_allocators.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...ru>
> 
> ouch ...
> 
> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> 
> -stable material too, as far as timer_info/stats goes.

So I have a patch which will not fully apply to -stable.

Sorry, but I can't be bothered splitting it up.  Greg, Chris: please just
apply the bits which apply and drop the other bits if that's OK.

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