linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hugetlb: release pages in the error path of hugetlb

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Message-ID: <20111121081152.GA1771@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:12:11 +0100
From:	Johannes Weiner <jweiner@...hat.com>
To:	Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hugetlb: release pages in the error path of hugetlb_cow()

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 09:01:20PM +0800, Hillf Danton wrote:
> If fail to prepare anon_vma, {new, old}_page should be released, or they will
> escape the track and/or control of memory management.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com>

Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <jweiner@...hat.com>
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