Re: [PATCH] Fix two potential mem leaks in MPT Fusion (mpt_attach())

From: Jesper Juhl
Date: Thu Aug 02 2007 - 19:27:01 EST


On 03/08/07, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Aug 2007 01:10:02 +0200
> "Jesper Juhl" <jesper.juhl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > > So, where do we go from here?
> > >
> > > Where I said ;) Add a new __GFP_ flag which suppresses the warning, add
> > > that flag to known-to-be-OK callsites, such as mempool_alloc().
> > >
> > Ok, I'll try to play around with this some more, try to filter out
> > false positives and see what I'm left with (if anything - I'm pretty
> > limited hardware-wise, so I can only test a small subset of drivers,
> > archs etc) - I'll keep you informed, but expect a few days to pass
> > before I have any news...
>
> Make it a once-off thing for now, so the warning will disable itself after
> it has triggered once. That will prevent the debug feature from making
> anyone's kernel unusable.
>
Ok, I'll do that :-)

Just be a little patient. I'm doing this in my spare time and I do
have a real job/life to attend to, so I'll be playing with this in the
little free time I have over the next couple of days. I'll get
something done, but don't expect it until a few days have passed :-)

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