linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] w35und: plug memory leak in wbsoft

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Date:	Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:08:50 +0200
From:	"Pekka Enberg" <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	"Pavel Machek" <pavel@...e.cz>
Cc:	greg@...ah.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] w35und: plug memory leak in wbsoft_tx()

On Tue 2008-10-28 00:14:38, Pekka J Enberg wrote:
>> From: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
>>
>> There's no reason to duplicate the skb in wbsoft_tx() and leak GFP_ATOMIC
>> memory as the contents are copied to ->TxBuffer in MdxTx() anyway before
>> MLMESendFrame() returns.

On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 9:32 PM, Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz> wrote:
> Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
>
> ...but I guess I should test the this after it hits the mainline...

For sure. I'm bit surprised no one noticed this before as it seems to
be leaking memory for every transmitted frame...
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