Re: SUNRPC: Fix a memory leak in rpc_create()

[Trond Myklebust]

On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 23:25 +0200, Stefan Lippers-Hollmann wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On Donnerstag, 17. April 2008, you wrote:
> > -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
> > ---------------------
> > 
> > From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > upstream commit: ed13c27e546667fb0967ae30f5070cd7f6455f90
> > 
> > Commit 510deb0d was supposed to move the xprt_create_transport() call in
> > rpc_create(), but neglected to remove the old call site.  This resulted in
> > a transport leak after every rpc_create() call.
> > 
> > This leak is present in 2.6.24 and 2.6.25.
> 
> This patch might introduce a regression:
> 

Gah. You're quite right. The commit that introduced the leak was merged
well after 2.6.24 was released despite what the changelog entry says
above:

$ git describe 510deb0d
v2.6.24-3933-g510deb0

I should have double-checked before posting this to stable@xxxxxxxxxxx
I'm very sorry...

  Trond

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