linux-kernel - Re: [Qestion] Lots of memory leaks when mounting and unmounting nfs client to server continuously.

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Date:   Thu, 1 Nov 2018 22:18:16 +0800
From:   zhong jiang <zhongjiang@...wei.com>
To:     Benjamin Coddington <bcodding@...hat.com>
CC:     <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>, <trond.myklebust@...merspace.com>,
        <bfields@...hat.com>, <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Qestion] Lots of memory leaks when mounting and unmounting nfs
 client to server continuously.

On 2018/10/30 22:03, Benjamin Coddington wrote:
> On 30 Oct 2018, at 9:58, zhong jiang wrote:
>
>> On 2018/10/30 21:06, Benjamin Coddington wrote:
>>> Hi zhong jiang,
>>>
>>> Try asking in linux-nfs.. but I'll also note that 3.10-stable may be
>>> missing a number of fixes to leaks in the NFS GSS code.
>>>
>>> I can see a more than a few fixes to memory leaks with: git log
>>> --grep=leak --oneline net/sunrpc/auth_gss/
>>>
>> Thanks for your reply.  I has tested some of them in the upsteam as you
>> have said.  but It fails to solve the issue completely.
> What have you tested?  It is hard to help without specifics.
Hi,  Benjamin

I have tested all of the the following patches in the latest mainline.

git log --grep=leak --oneline net/sunrpc/auth_gss/

Unfortunately,  None of the patches works. 

Could you give some clues?

Thanks,
zhong jiang