netdev - Re: [Patch net v2] tun: fix a memory leak for tfile->tx

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Date:   Sat, 13 Jan 2018 09:31:43 -0800
From:   Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:     Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [Patch net v2] tun: fix a memory leak for tfile->tx_array

On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 2:16 AM, Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> It looks to me what is actual missed is the cleanups tun_detach_all(). For
> me the only case that could leak is
>
> open
> attach
> ip link del link dev tap0
> close or another set_iff()
>
> So in this case, clean during close is not sufficient since it could be
> attached to another device.

In this case, close() still calls tun_detach() with clean=true, so
with my patch, the tx_array is still cleaned. What am I missing here?
Are you implying clean=true is not sufficient?