linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: sprd: Fix the possible memory leak issue

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Message-ID: <20191015101734.GS2654@vkoul-mobl>
Date:   Tue, 15 Oct 2019 15:47:34 +0530
From:   Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
To:     Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...aro.org>
Cc:     orsonzhai@...il.com, zhang.lyra@...il.com,
        dan.j.williams@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        dmaengine@...r.kernel.org, eric.long@...soc.com,
        zhenfang.wang@...soc.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: sprd: Fix the possible memory leak issue

On 09-10-19, 17:11, Baolin Wang wrote:
> If we terminate the channel to free all descriptors associated with this
> channel, we will leak the memory of current descriptor if the current
> descriptor is not completed, since it had been deteled from the desc_issued
> list and have not been added into the desc_completed list.
> 
> Thus we should check if current descriptor is completed or not, when freeing
> the descriptors associated with one channel, if not, we should free it to
> avoid this issue.

Applied, thanks

-- 
~Vinod