Re: dirty md raid5 slab bio leak

[Neil Brown]

On Monday June 27, akpm@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> Neil Brown <neilb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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...  

Is there a web-page somewhere that lists the acceptance criterea? I
didn't save the mail message.

Do I just mail the patch to stable@xxxxxxxxxx ??

NeilBrown
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