Re: [PATCH v2] ecryptfs: release message context on send failure
From: Tyler Hicks
Date: Tue Jul 21 2026 - 03:30:18 EST
On Wed, 01 Jul 2026 13:34:06 +0800, Yichong Chen wrote:
> ecryptfs_send_message_locked() moves a message context from the free
> list to the allocated list before sending the request to the userspace
> daemon.
>
> If ecryptfs_send_miscdev() fails, the context is left on the
> allocated list and cannot be reused. Move it back to the free list on
> failure and clear the caller's pointer.
>
> [...]
Thank you! This has been applied to the next branch of the tyhicks/ecryptfs.git tree.
You can find a direct link below but please be aware that the commit hash is
unstable and, therefore, the URL may not be valid in the future.
[1/1] ecryptfs: release message context on send failure
https://git.kernel.org/tyhicks/ecryptfs/c/219644a3ad5518217b2d62cad6d2c36a2308c949
Tyler