linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] binfmt_elf: plug a memory leak situation on dump

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Date:	Tue, 2 Mar 2010 23:17:54 -0300
From:	André Goddard Rosa <andre.goddard@...il.com>
To:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>,
	WANG Cong <amwang@...hat.com>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] binfmt_elf: plug a memory leak situation on dump_seek()

Hi Kosaki Motohiro, Andrew,

>> Please don't send unchangelogged patches.
>>
>> Explain the leak.
>>
>> Explain the user impact (ie: how it is triggered).
>>
>> Explain how the patch fixes it.
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> Hi Andre,
>
> plus, can you please rebase this patch onto -mmotm tree? it have lots elf core dump related
> fix and it is going to be merged at this merge window, maybe.
>
> I think your patch is correct. but I hope to avoid patch confliction.
>
> Thanks.
>

    Sure, I'm going to include a proper changelog, rebase it on top of
-mmotm tree and send a new patch soon.

Thank you,
André
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