Re: [PATCH] net_dma: fix memory leak in dma_pin_iocvec_pages

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On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 08:36:44AM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 9:16 AM, Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 11:27:06PM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> >> On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 9:57 PM, Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > On Wed, Sep 03, 2014 at 01:28:59PM +0400, Roman Gushchin wrote:
> >> >> dma_pin_iovec_pages() calls get_user_pages() for each iovec. If
> >> >> get_user_pages() returns a number smaller than the requested number,
> >> >> dma_pin_iovec_pages() calls dma_unpin_iovec_pages(). It releases
> >> >> previously allocated iovecs, but pages pinned by last get_user_pages()
> >> >> call remain unreleased.
> >> >> Fix this by calling put_page() for each such page.
> >> >>
> >> > Applied, thanks
> >>
> >> Vinod, I have a patch in my queue that completely removes the remnants
> >> of NET_DMA.  It's been deprecated for more than a few cycles now
> >> without any reports to reinstate it.  Time to push the final removal
> >> patch.  I'll rebase it on top of this so it doesn't collide.
> >
> > Okay, thanks for update. If you wnat I can remove it, so you don't need to
> > rebase.
> >
> 
> Yes, please drop it.  I'm sending the full removal to Linus.  I added
> Roman to the Reported-by and cc'd stable.
Done, i have pushed the updated tree.

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~Vinod
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