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Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:06:37 -0400 From: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com> To: Stefan Lippers-Hollmann <s.L-H@....de> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>, stable@...nel.org, Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com> Subject: Re: SUNRPC: Fix a memory leak in rpc_create() On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 23:25 +0200, Stefan Lippers-Hollmann wrote: > Hi > > On Donnerstag, 17. April 2008, you wrote: > > -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. > > --------------------- > > > > From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com> > > > > upstream commit: ed13c27e546667fb0967ae30f5070cd7f6455f90 > > > > Commit 510deb0d was supposed to move the xprt_create_transport() call in > > rpc_create(), but neglected to remove the old call site. This resulted in > > a transport leak after every rpc_create() call. > > > > This leak is present in 2.6.24 and 2.6.25. > > This patch might introduce a regression: > Gah. You're quite right. The commit that introduced the leak was merged well after 2.6.24 was released despite what the changelog entry says above: $ git describe 510deb0d v2.6.24-3933-g510deb0 I should have double-checked before posting this to stable@...nel.org. I'm very sorry... Trond -- Trond Myklebust Linux NFS client maintainer NetApp Trond.Myklebust@...app.com www.netapp.com -- 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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