netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 2/8] vsock/virtio: free packets during the socket release

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Date:   Fri, 17 May 2019 10:26:53 +0200
From:   Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
To:     Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/8] vsock/virtio: free packets during the socket
 release

On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 04:32:18PM +0100, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 02:58:37PM +0200, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
> > When the socket is released, we should free all packets
> > queued in the per-socket list in order to avoid a memory
> > leak.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
> > ---
> >  net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c | 8 ++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> Ouch, this would be nice as a separate patch that can be merged right
> away (with s/virtio_vsock_buf/virtio_vsock_pkt/).

Okay, I'll fix this patch following the David's comment and I'll send
as a separate patch using the virtio_vsock_pkt.

Thanks,
Stefano