linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lightnvm: fix memory leak when submit fails

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Message-ID: <55045608-01cb-d5af-682b-5a213944e33d@kernel.dk>
Date:   Thu, 21 Jan 2021 05:47:43 -0700
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com>, Matias Bjorling <mb@...htnvm.io>
Cc:     linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lightnvm: fix memory leak when submit fails

On 1/21/21 12:22 AM, Pan Bian wrote:
> The allocated page is not released if error occurs in
> nvm_submit_io_sync_raw(). __free_page() is moved ealier to avoid
> possible memory leak issue.

Applied, thanks.

General question for Matias - is lightnvm maintained anymore at all, or
should we remove it? The project seems dead from my pov, and I don't
even remember anyone even reviewing fixes from other people.

-- 
Jens Axboe