linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] percpu: fix a memory leak in pcpu_extend_area

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Message-ID: <4C778623.6000303@kernel.org>
Date:	Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:32:19 +0200
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Huang Shijie <shijie8@...il.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] percpu: fix a memory leak in pcpu_extend_area_map()

Hello,

On 08/27/2010 12:10 AM, Andrew Morton wrote:
>> Patch applied to percpu#for-linus w/ some updates.  Thanks a lot for
>> catching this.
> 
> This patch appears to have been lost?

It has been in percpu#for-linus.  Given the way percpu allocator is
currently used, the bug isn't likely to cause any real leakage, so I
was waiting a bit before pushing it out.  I'll push it today.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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