Re: [PATCH v2] lib/string_helpers: fix not adding strarray to device's resource list.

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Sat, May 07, 2022 at 11:45:16AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri,  6 May 2022 15:36:22 +0800 Puyou Lu <puyou.lu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Add allocated strarray to device's resource list. This is a must to
> > automatically release strarray when the device disappears.
> 
> So at present we have a memory leak?

Yes.

> Is this likely to be serious enough to justify backporting the fix into
> -stable kernels?

I think so, however there are only few drivers are using it, hence it's
serious, but rare.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko