On Wed, 5 Dec 2007 10:52:48 +0100 (CET) Geert Uytterhoeven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subject: sparsemem: sparse_add_one_section() may fail to allocate memory > > sparsemem: sparse_add_one_section() may fail to allocate memory, and must > check > whether the allocation succeeded before proceeding to touch the allocated > memory. > > From: Geert Uytterhoeven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > --- > FIXME There are still some possible memory leaks in sparse_add_one_section(): > - usemap is never deallocated > - __kfree_section_memmap() is a not yet implemented dummy I already had ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.24-rc4/2.6.24-rc4-mm1/broken-out/mm-sparsec-improve-the-error-handling-for-sparse_add_one_section.patch and ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.24-rc4/2.6.24-rc4-mm1/broken-out/mm-sparsec-check-the-return-value-of-sparse_index_alloc.patch queued. Do they fix the problem, and should they be merged in 2.6.24? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
