linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] percpu: Fix memory leak from percpu_init

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Message-ID: <4C6D4439.3080007@kernel.org>
Date:	Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:48:25 +0200
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] percpu: Fix memory leak from percpu_init_late()

On 08/19/2010 04:49 PM, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> The chunk->map memory block allocated in percpu_init_late() (as of
> commit 099a19d9) is later overridden in pcpu_extend_area_map(). The
> patch frees this existing block in the latter function. Found by
> kmemleak.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>

Patch already pending

 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu.git;a=commit;h=206c53730b8b1707becca7a868ea8d14ebee24d2

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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