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Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 15:19:34 -0700 (PDT) From: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com> To: Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com> cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, x86@...nel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: ioapic: Fix irq_free_descs count On Mon, 30 Jun 2014, Keith Busch wrote: > On Mon, 30 Jun 2014, David Rientjes wrote: > > On Mon, 30 Jun 2014, Keith Busch wrote: > > > > > Signed-off-by: Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com> > > > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> > > > Cc: x86@...nel.org > > > > Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com> > > > > This is definitely a fix for "genirq: Provide generic hwirq allocation > > facility", but the changelog doesn't describe what the problem is and the > > title that this somehow fixes irq_free_descs() doesn't make any sense. > > My mistake, I used the component from the commit I bisected the bug > down to. > > > It's the equivalent of just doing > > > > - irq_free_descs(from, cnt); > > + irq_free_descs(from, i - from); > > > > I'd suggest the patch title be changed to > > > > genirq: Fix memory leak when calling irq_free_hwirqs() > > > > and the changelog state > > > > irq_free_hwirqs() always calls irq_free_descs() with a cnt == 0 which > > makes it a no-op since the interrupt count to free is decremented in > > itself. > > Yes, I like your suggestion. Should I submit a v2, or will maintainer > replace the changelog? > It's an urgent patch since commit 7b6ef1262549 ("genirq: Provide generic hwirq allocation facility") was already released in 3.15. Unless Thomas fixes it up first, I'd reply with a v2 with the fixed title and changelog, add a Fixes: 7b6ef1262549f6afc5c881aaef80beb8fd15f908 tag along with my acked-by to make his life 0.000000001% easier. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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