linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/7] ext4: avoid buffer_head leak in ext4_mark_inode

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Message-ID: <5d75ab7f-0fad-07ef-bbcb-3fed16a5170e@huaweicloud.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 21:17:10 +0800
From: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@...weicloud.com>
To: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
 Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] ext4: avoid buffer_head leak in ext4_mark_inode_used



on 8/15/2024 5:55 PM, Markus Elfring wrote:
>> Release inode_bitmap_bh from ext4_read_inode_bitmap in
>> ext4_mark_inode_used to avoid buffer_head leak.
>> By the way, remove unneeded goto for invalid ino when inode_bitmap_bh
>> is NULL.
> 
> 1. I suggest to split such changes into separate update steps.
>    https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.11-rc3#n81
It's acceptable to me, but I'm not sure if it worth separate patches
to others. I will do separate in next version if no person is against
this.
> 
> 2. How do you think about to add any tags (like “Fixes” and “Cc”) accordingly?
> 
> 3. Would you like to append parentheses to any function names?
Thanks for remind me of these. I will improve the series in next
version.

Thanks,
Kemeng
> 
> Regards,
> Markus
>