Re: dirty md raid5 slab bio leak

[Andrew Morton]

Neil Brown <neilb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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...  

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@xxxxxxxxxx ??

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.

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