Commit 0e0da48dee8d ("parisc: mm: don't count preallocated pmds") introduced a memory leak. After this commit, the 'return' statement in pmd_free is executed in all cases. Even for pmd that are not attached to the pgd. So 'free_pages' can never be called anymore, leading to a memory leak. Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- This patch is *untested* as I don't have the hardware to test it. This is just a guess based on the indentation, the comment in the code and the commit log. --- arch/parisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h index 3a08eae..f66d3738 100644 --- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h +++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static inline pmd_t *pmd_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address) static inline void pmd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd) { - if(pmd_flag(*pmd) & PxD_FLAG_ATTACHED) + if (pmd_flag(*pmd) & PxD_FLAG_ATTACHED) { /* * This is the permanent pmd attached to the pgd; * cannot free it. @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ static inline void pmd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd) */ mm_inc_nr_pmds(mm); return; + } free_pages((unsigned long)pmd, PMD_ORDER); } -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html