linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: fix memoryleak in kvm

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Date:   Tue, 30 Aug 2022 21:36:58 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
Cc:     pbonzini@...hat.com, vkuznets@...hat.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: fix memoryleak in kvm_init()

On Tue, Aug 23, 2022, Miaohe Lin wrote:
> When alloc_cpumask_var_node() fails for a certain cpu, there might be some
> allocated cpumasks for percpu cpu_kick_mask. We should free these cpumasks
> or memoryleak will occur.
> 
> Fixes: baff59ccdc65 ("KVM: Pre-allocate cpumasks for kvm_make_all_cpus_request_except()")
> Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
> ---

Pushed to branch `for_paolo/6.1` at:

    https://github.com/sean-jc/linux.git

Unless you hear otherwise, it will make its way to kvm/queue "soon".

Note, the commit IDs are not guaranteed to be stable.