linux-kernel - Re: Inotify memory leak

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Message-ID: <1290554702.1443.70.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:25:02 -0500
From:	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
To:	Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...il.com>
Cc:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Eugene Teo <eugene@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: Inotify memory leak

On Wed, 2010-11-24 at 00:15 +0100, Vegard Nossum wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Inotify does not clean up properly when it fails to create the file
> descriptor. So it leaks kernel memory. Watch "slabtop" while running
> this program:
> 
> #include <sys/inotify.h>
> #include <unistd.h>

potential patch at
http://git.infradead.org/users/eparis/notify.git/shortlog/refs/heads/for-next

Only compiled, not tested.  Will try to do that after dinner!

-Eric

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