linux-kernel - Re: BUG: kworker + systemd-udevd memory leaks found in 6.1.0-rc4

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Message-ID: <3f1721d6-e5d9-8861-4e3c-802a711e71da@leemhuis.info>
Date:   Thu, 10 Nov 2022 09:28:33 +0100
From:   Thorsten Leemhuis <regressions@...mhuis.info>
To:     Mirsad Goran Todorovac <mirsad.todorovac@....unizg.hr>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "regressions@...ts.linux.dev" <regressions@...ts.linux.dev>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        Florian Mickler <florian@...kler.org>,
        systemd-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: BUG: kworker + systemd-udevd memory leaks found in 6.1.0-rc4

On 10.11.22 05:57, Mirsad Goran Todorovac wrote:
> On 04. 11. 2022. 11:40, Mirsad Goran Todorovac wrote:

> This bug is confirmed in 6.1-rc4, among the "thermald" and "systemd-dev"
> kernel memory leaks, potentially exposing race conditions or other more
> serious bug.

Maybe, but that sadly is also true for a lot of other known issues, for
example those in this quite long list:
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/upstream#open

It would help if you could pinpoint the problem, then we know who should
look into this. You CCed me and the regression list, so I assume it's a
regression. Hence: Could you try to bisect it?

Ciao, Thorsten