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

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Date:   Mon, 20 Jul 2020 14:49:22 +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?
>
> It looks this is replied from patch-robot? since I found all comments
> you replied are almost the same.

I dare to repeat such suggestions because several patches contain
improvable details (not only in the affected source code).

Regards,
Markus