From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>
Cc: earny@net4u.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: dirty md raid5 slab bio leak
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 23:17:18 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050627231718.2f6c3bbf.akpm@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <17088.59816.277303.588185@cse.unsw.edu.au>
Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au> wrote:
>
> On Monday June 27, akpm@osdl.org wrote:
> > Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au> wrote:
> > >
> > > It's OK, I found it. The bio leaks when writing the md superblock.
> > >
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > > insert a missing bio_put when writting the md superblock.
> >
> > Does 2.6.12.x need this?
>
> Hmmm.. probably, though it isn't Ooopsable, and isn't a security
> problem. Just a slow leak with a trivial patch...
It's a pretty sad bug if it hits you though.
> Is there a web-page somewhere that lists the acceptance criterea? I
> didn't save the mail message.
Me either. Just send 'em any old thing and let them decide ;)
> Do I just mail the patch to stable@kernel.org ??
That's OK, I'll add it to my backport queue - we should leave it to bake in
2.6.13-rc1 for a bit first.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-06-28 7:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-06-27 20:22 Ernst Herzberg
2005-06-28 1:02 ` Neil Brown
2005-06-28 4:13 ` Neil Brown
2005-06-28 4:25 ` Andrew Morton
2005-06-28 6:09 ` Neil Brown
2005-06-28 6:17 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2005-07-07 1:19 ` dirty md raid5 slab bio leak [FIXED] Ernst Herzberg
2005-06-28 14:27 ` dirty md raid5 slab bio leak Ernst Herzberg
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