Re: [PATCH 2.6.30] libsrp: fix memory leak in srp_ring_free()

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On Sat, 5 Sep 2009 11:34:40 +0200
Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 11:20 AM, FUJITA Tomonori
> <fujita.tomonori@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:36:48 +0200
> > Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > This patch fixes a memory leak in the libsrp function srp_ring_free().
> > > It is not documented whether or not this function should free the ring
> > > pointer itself. But the source code of the callers of this function
> > > (srp_target_alloc() and srp_target_free()) makes it clear that
> > > srp_ring_free() should deallocate the ring pointer itself. Furthermore,
> > > the patch below makes srp_ring_free() deallocate all memory allocated by
> > > srp_ring_alloc().
> > >
> > > This patch affects the ibmvstgt driver, which is the only in-tree driver
> > > that calls the srp_ring_free() function (indirectly).
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: FUJITA Tomonori <tomof@xxxxxxx>
> >
> > Acked-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Better to add:
> >
> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Thanks for the review. I will submit this patch to stable@xxxxxxxxxx
> as soon as it has been committed. Patches are only accepted for
> backporting after they have been committed in the mainline kernel.

You don't need to submit a patch to stable@xxxxxxxxxx if you put 'Cc:
stable@xxxxxxxxxx' tag in a commit log; the patch will be sent to
stable@xxxxxxxxxx automatically after the the patch is merged into
mainline.
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