netdev - Re: [Patch net] net_sched: fix memory leaks when rmmod tc action modules

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Date:	Sat, 20 Feb 2016 16:27:07 -0800
From:	Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
Subject: Re: [Patch net] net_sched: fix memory leaks when rmmod tc action modules

On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 4:06 PM, Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com> wrote:
> We only release the memory of the hashtable itself, not its
> entries inside. We need to do both.
>
> Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>

Hmm, after a second thought, actually each action should take
a reference to its module, therefore module will not be removed
until all the actions are gone, so no leak here.

The reason why I saw a leak is tcf_hashinfo_destroy() is called
in netns cleanup in the other patch.

So, this patch should be targeted for net-next only. I will resend it
with an updated changelog with the other patch.

Sorry for the confusion.