linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rmap: fix anon_vma

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Message-ID: <4BBA0A13.5090703@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:04:35 -0400
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@...com>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>,
	sgunderson@...foot.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rmap: fix anon_vma_fork() memory leak

On 04/05/2010 11:37 AM, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> This looks _very_ wrong to me.
>
> Shouldn't the unlink_anon_vmas() be in the "out_error" case?

Indeed it should.  I've had my mind somewhere else this weekend :/

New patch in the next mail.
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