linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] rcu: trace fix possible mem-leak

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Date:	Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:55:14 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] rcu: trace fix possible mem-leak


* Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 02:20:55PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > In the initialization of the RCU trace module, if
> > rcupreempt_debugfs_init() fails, we never free the the trace buffer.
> > 
> > This patch frees the trace buffer in case the debugfs fails.
> 
> Looks good as well!
> 
> Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

applied to tip/core/rcu - thanks.

	Ingo
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