linux-kernel - Re: Memory (skb) leak in kernel 4.8-rc2

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Date:   Thu, 25 Aug 2016 10:27:23 -0500
From:   Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
To:     Frederic Dalleau <frederic.dalleau@...labora.co.uk>,
        Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>,
        "Gustavo F. Padovan" <gustavo@...ovan.org>,
        Linux Bluetooth mailing list 
        <linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Memory (skb) leak in kernel 4.8-rc2

On 08/25/2016 01:22 AM, Frederic Dalleau wrote:
> Hi Larry,
>
> On 24/08/2016 22:02, Larry Finger wrote:
>> On 08/21/2016 07:09 AM, Frederic Dalleau wrote:
>>>>>> I am unable to unload module bluetooth to verify that the second
>>>>>> leak is not a false positive; however, the one in btusb is a real
>>>>>> memory leak.
>
>>> I have a patch on the grill.
>
>> Any progress on this patch?
>
> Yes, it is in bluetooth-stable.
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-bluetooth&m=147205068529234&w=2

Fred,

Thanks for the link. That patch fixes the leaks that I was seeing from 
bluetooth. It also seems to have fixed the leaks that were attributed to btusb. 
At least, none have shown up in my preliminary testing.

Larry