This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled fs/fscache/stats.c: fix memory leak to the 3.0-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: fs-fscache-stats.c-fix-memory-leak.patch and it can be found in the queue-3.0 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From ec686c9239b4d472052a271c505d04dae84214cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anurup m <anurup.m@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:05:52 -0700 Subject: fs/fscache/stats.c: fix memory leak From: Anurup m <anurup.m@xxxxxxxxxx> commit ec686c9239b4d472052a271c505d04dae84214cc upstream. There is a kernel memory leak observed when the proc file /proc/fs/fscache/stats is read. The reason is that in fscache_stats_open, single_open is called and the respective release function is not called during release. Hence fix with correct release function - single_release(). Addresses https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57101 Signed-off-by: Anurup m <anurup.m@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: shyju pv <shyju.pv@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Sanil kumar <sanil.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Nataraj m <nataraj.m@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Li Zefan <lizefan@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/fscache/stats.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/fs/fscache/stats.c +++ b/fs/fscache/stats.c @@ -276,5 +276,5 @@ const struct file_operations fscache_sta .open = fscache_stats_open, .read = seq_read, .llseek = seq_lseek, - .release = seq_release, + .release = single_release, }; Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from anurup.m@xxxxxxxxxx are queue-3.0/fs-fscache-stats.c-fix-memory-leak.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html