Re: [PATCH 1/1] bridge: mdb: report complete_info ptr as not a kmemleak

[Eduardo Valentin]

On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 09:05:14AM -0700, Eduardo Valentin wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 04, 2017 at 01:48:42AM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> > From: Eduardo Valentin <eduval@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2017 10:06:34 -0700
> > 
> > > We currently get the following kmemleak report:
> >  ...
> > > This patch flags the complete_info ptr object as not a leak as it will
> > > get freed when .complete_priv() is called,
> > 
> > We don't call .complete_priv().  We call .complete().
> 
> True, I can fix this wording in the commit next version.
> 
> > 
> >  for the br mdb case, it
> > > will be freed at br_mdb_complete().
> > > 
> > > Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v4.9+
> > > Reviewed-by: Vallish Vaidyeshwara <vallish@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Signed-off-by: Eduardo Valentin <eduval@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > I don't understand why kmemleak cannot see this.
> > 
> > We store the pointer globally when we do the switchdev_port_obv_add()
> > call and it should be able to see that.
> 
> I see and agree. But even then I get these reports consistently on RTM_NEWMDB type.
> This is why I am proposing marking as a non-kmemleak.
> 
> To me, this is only a leak if .complete() never gets called.

Ok. So, in fact, I believe the problem I am seeing in more when switchdev_port_obj_add() fails.

I will send a patch for that.

> 
> 
> -- 
> All the best,
> Eduardo Valentin

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All the best,
Eduardo Valentin