linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 02/24] x86/resctrl: kfree() rmid_ptrs from resctrl

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Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2024 16:53:47 +0000
From: James Morse <james.morse@....com>
To: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>, x86@...nel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
 Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
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 David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 02/24] x86/resctrl: kfree() rmid_ptrs from
 resctrl_exit()

Hi Reinette,

On 13/02/2024 23:14, Reinette Chatre wrote:
> On 2/13/2024 10:44 AM, James Morse wrote:
>> rmid_ptrs[] is allocated from dom_data_init() but never free()d.
>>
>> While the exit text ends up in the linker script's DISCARD section,
>> the direction of travel is for resctrl to be/have loadable modules.
>>
>> Add resctrl_put_mon_l3_config() to cleanup any memory allocated
>> by rdt_get_mon_l3_config().
>>
>> There is no reason to backport this to a stable kernel.

> Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>


Thanks!

James