linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] platform/x86: intel_pmc

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Message-Id: <176458488785.9246.12086096381340723589.b4-ty@linux.intel.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2025 12:28:07 +0200
From: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
To: platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, david.e.box@...ux.intel.com, 
 yongxin.liu@...driver.com
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, andrew@...n.ch, kuba@...nel.org, 
 stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] platform/x86: intel_pmc_ipc: fix ACPI buffer memory
 leak

On Fri, 28 Nov 2025 18:24:38 +0800, yongxin.liu@...driver.com wrote:

> The intel_pmc_ipc() function uses ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER to allocate memory
> for the ACPI evaluation result but never frees it, causing a 192-byte
> memory leak on each call.
> 
> This leak is triggered during network interface initialization when the
> stmmac driver calls intel_mac_finish() -> intel_pmc_ipc().
> 
> [...]


Thank you for your contribution, it has been applied to my local
review-ilpo-next branch. Note it will show up in the public
platform-drivers-x86/review-ilpo-next branch only once I've pushed my
local branch there, which might take a while.

The list of commits applied:
[1/1] platform/x86: intel_pmc_ipc: fix ACPI buffer memory leak
      commit: 611cf41ef6ac8301d23daadd8e78b013db0c5071

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