linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] workqueue: Removed double allocation of wq_update_pod_attrs

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Date:   Fri, 15 Sep 2023 13:26:12 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] workqueue: Removed double allocation of wq_update_pod_attrs_buf

On Thu, Sep 7, 2023 at 8:46 AM Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
> From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>
>
> First commit 2930155b2e272 ("workqueue: Initialize unbound CPU pods later in
> the boot") added the initialization of wq_update_pod_attrs_buf to
> workqueue_init_early(), and then latter on, commit 84193c07105c6
> ("workqueue: Generalize unbound CPU pods") added it as well. This appeared
> in a kmemleak run where the second allocation made the first allocation
> leak.
>
> Fixes: 84193c07105c6 ("workqueue: Generalize unbound CPU pods")
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@...dmis.org>

Just noticed this, too.
John posted a similar patch after you:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230913101634.553699-1-john.ogness@linutronix.de/

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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