linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] block: shutdown blktrace in case of fatal signal pending

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Date:   Tue, 30 Mar 2021 18:53:30 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] block: shutdown blktrace in case of fatal signal
 pending

On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 04:14:39PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> blktrace may allocate lots of memory, if the process is terminated
> by user or OOM, we need to provide one chance to remove the trace
> buffer, otherwise memory leak may be caused.
> 
> Fix the issue by shutdown blktrace in case of task exiting in
> blkdev_close().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>

This just seems weird.  blktrace has no relationship to open
block device instances.