linux-kernel - Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: compress: Avoid memory leak on cc->cpages

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Message-ID: <6074306e-e909-e17f-900c-320245a8f869@web.de>
Date:   Mon, 20 Jul 2020 13:31:10 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Chao Yu <yuchao0@...wei.com>,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: compress: Avoid memory leak on
 cc->cpages

> Memory allocated for storing compressed pages' poitner should be
> released after f2fs_write_compressed_pages(), otherwise it will
> cause memory leak issue.

* Would an imperative wording be more appropriate (without a typo)
  for the change description?

* Will the tag “Fixes” become helpful for the commit message?

Regards,
Markus