linux-kernel - Re: [KVM PATCH v3 1/3] kvm: fix potential coalesced

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Message-ID: <20090601170613.GS20823@sequoia.sous-sol.org>
Date:	Mon, 1 Jun 2009 10:06:13 -0700
From:	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
To:	Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@...ell.com>
Cc:	avi@...hat.com, chrisw@...s-sol.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [KVM PATCH v3 1/3] kvm: fix potential coalesced_mmio leak on
	shutdown

* Gregory Haskins (ghaskins@...ell.com) wrote:
> It would appear that we are invoking kfree() on the wrong pointer in the
> destructor for the coalesced_mmio device.  This could result in a potential
> leak during shutdown.  This works today because the kvm_io_device is
> the first element of the private structure, but this could change in
> the future, so lets clean this up.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@...ell.com>

Acked-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
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