linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] x86/resctrl: Fix potential memory leak

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Date:   Fri, 20 Dec 2019 09:35:45 -0800
From:   Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
To:     Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86/resctrl: Fix potential memory leak

Hi Shakeel,

On 12/20/2019 8:43 AM, Shakeel Butt wrote:
> The set_cache_qos_cfg() is leaking memory when the given level is not
> RDT_RESOURCE_L3 or RDT_RESOURCE_L2. However at the moment, this function
> is called with only valid levels but to make it more robust and future
> proof, we should be handling the error path gracefully.
> 
> Fixes: 99adde9b370de ("x86/intel_rdt: Enable L2 CDP in MSR IA32_L2_QOS_CFG")
> Signed-off-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>
> Acked-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
> ---
> Changes since v1:
> - Updated the commit message

Thank you.

Acked-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>

Reinette