netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: fix memory leak in fib6_rule

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Message-ID: <YZ3jFik9MNi8m6JV@kroah.com>
Date:   Wed, 24 Nov 2021 08:00:38 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>, Wei Wang <weiwan@...gle.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        msizanoen1 <msizanoen@...labs.xyz>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: fix memory leak in fib6_rule_suppress

On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 08:03:47PM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Nov 2021 13:48:32 +0100 Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> > The original author of this commit and commit message is anonymous and
> > is therefore unable to sign off on it. Greg suggested that I do the sign
> > off, extracting it from the bugzilla entry above, and post it properly.
> > The patch "seems to work" on first glance, but I haven't looked deeply
> > at it yet and therefore it doesn't have my Reviewed-by, even though I'm
> > submitting this patch on the author's behalf. And it should probably get
> > a good look from the v6 fib folks. The original author should be on this
> > thread to address issues that come off, and I'll shephard additional
> > versions that he has.
> 
> Does the fact that the author responded to the patch undermine the need
> for this special handling?

Unless the author wishes to use their real name, sadly it does not :(