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

[Dan Williams]

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.
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