linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] UBI: Fix PEB leak in wear_leveling

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Message-ID: <1376925707.2089.493.camel@sauron.fi.intel.com>
Date:	Mon, 19 Aug 2013 18:21:47 +0300
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
To:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
Cc:	dwmw2@...radead.org, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] UBI: Fix PEB leak in wear_leveling_worker()

On Mon, 2013-08-19 at 08:48 +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> get_peb_for_wl() removes the PEB from the free list.
> If the WL subsystem detects that no wear leveling is needed
> it cancels the operation and drops the gained PEB.
> In this case we have to put the PEB back into the free list.
> 
> This issue was introduced with commit ed4b7021c
> (UBI: remove PEB from free tree in get_peb_for_wl()).
> 
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org> # 3.7.x
> Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>

Pushed to linux-ubi.git, thanks.

And special thanks for taking care about Ccing -stable.

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy

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