linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs: affs: fix a memory leak in affs

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Message-ID: <CAEkB2EQwfCZk9e=MKx-U0g_e9Dgjr_RV0n6JrVaxwUP5Z=cY+w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 30 Sep 2019 16:01:55 -0500
From:   Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdoost@...il.com>
To:     Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Navid Emamdoost <emamd001@....edu>, Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>,
        Stephen McCamant <smccaman@....edu>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        David Sterba <dsterba@...e.com>,
        Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@...il.com>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: affs: fix a memory leak in affs_remount

Fixed the issues in v2.

Thanks,
Navid.

On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 1:03 AM Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de> wrote:
>
> * Please avoid typos in the commit message.
>
> * I would prefer an other wording for the change description.
>   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?id=97f9a3c4eee55b0178b518ae7114a6a53372913d#n151
>
>
> > But this is not actually used later!
>
> Can this information trigger the deletion of questionable source code
> instead of adding a missing function call “kfree(new_opts)”?
>
>
> How do you think about to add the tag “Fixes”?
>
> Regards,
> Markus



-- 
Navid.