linux-kernel - Re: [RFC, 2.6.26.2-rc1] fs/partition/check.c: fix return value warning

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Date:	Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:12:08 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Oliver Pinter <oliver.pntr@...il.com>
CC:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Abdel Benamrouche <draconux@...il.com>, stable@...nel.org,
	jens.axboe@...cle.com, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC, 2.6.26.2-rc1] fs/partition/check.c: fix return value warning

Oliver Pinter wrote:
> Willy, this good to know ...
> 
> and I think, this patch fixed a small leak:
> 
> +
> +out2:
> +       device_del(&p->dev);
> +out1:
> +       put_device(&p->dev);
> +       free_part_stats(p);
> +out0:
> +       kfree(p);
> +       return err;
> 
> 
> On 8/2/08, Willy Tarreau <w@....eu> wrote:
>> On Sat, Aug 02, 2008 at 12:56:10PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>>> Please don't just send patches to the stable team because they "look
>>> fine". They should be real bugs, with real consequences. And no, a
>>> compiler warning is not a real consequence.

Oliver, check under which circumstances the leak happens, and which 
problems the leak causes for the system.

Newly added failure handling paths, which by nature are insufficiently 
runtime-tested, need to be well considered before they are taken over 
into -stable even if the code looks OK.  I.e. they need to address bugs 
which are known to cause problems of certain severity in practice.
-- 
Stefan Richter
-=====-==--- =--- ---==
http://arcgraph.de/sr/
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