linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] of: overlay: Stop leaking resources on overlay removal

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Date:   Tue, 24 Apr 2018 10:44:02 -0700
From:   Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>
To:     Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>,
        Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou@...sulko.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        devicetree <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alan Tull <atull@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] of: overlay: Stop leaking resources on overlay removal

On 04/24/18 09:19, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> Only the overlay notifier callbacks have a chance to potentially get
> hold of references to those two resources, but they do not store them.
> So it is safe to stop the intentional leaking.
> 
> See also https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/4/23/1063 and following.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>
> ---
> 
> Ideally, we sort out any remaining worries during the 4.17-rc cycle.
> 
>  drivers/of/overlay.c | 13 ++-----------
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/of/overlay.c b/drivers/of/overlay.c
> index b35fe88f1851..3553f1f57a62 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/overlay.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/overlay.c
> @@ -671,17 +671,8 @@ static void free_overlay_changeset(struct overlay_changeset *ovcs)
>  		of_node_put(ovcs->fragments[i].overlay);
>  	}
>  	kfree(ovcs->fragments);
> -
> -	/*
> -	 * TODO
> -	 *
> -	 * would like to: kfree(ovcs->overlay_tree);
> -	 * but can not since drivers may have pointers into this data
> -	 *
> -	 * would like to: kfree(ovcs->fdt);
> -	 * but can not since drivers may have pointers into this data
> -	 */
> -
> +	kfree(ovcs->overlay_tree);
> +	kfree(ovcs->fdt);
>  	kfree(ovcs);
>  }
>  
> 

Nack.  It is premature to submit this while the conversation is
continuing in the other thread.

I'll continue the conversation in the other thread.

-Frank