From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com>,
Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>,
linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-cxl@vger.kernel.org,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org, dm-devel@lists.linux.dev,
nvdimm@lists.linux.dev, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org,
Alasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com>,
Mike Snitzer <snitzer@kernel.org>,
Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 01/12] nvdimm/pmem: Fix leak on dax_add_host() failure
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2024 13:21:12 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240208132112.b5e82e1720e80da195ef0927@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240208184913.484340-2-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
On Thu, 8 Feb 2024 13:49:02 -0500 Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> wrote:
> Fix a leak on dax_add_host() error, where "goto out_cleanup_dax" is done
> before setting pmem->dax_dev, which therefore issues the two following
> calls on NULL pointers:
>
> out_cleanup_dax:
> kill_dax(pmem->dax_dev);
> put_dax(pmem->dax_dev);
Seems inappropriate that this fix is within this patch series?
otoh I assume dax_add_host() has never failed so it doesn't matter much.
The series seems useful but is at v4 without much sign of review
activity. I think I'll take silence as assent and shall slam it all
into -next and see who shouts at me.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-02-08 21:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-02-08 18:49 [PATCH v4 00/12] Introduce cpu_dcache_is_aliasing() to fix DAX regression Mathieu Desnoyers
2024-02-08 18:49 ` [PATCH v4 01/12] nvdimm/pmem: Fix leak on dax_add_host() failure Mathieu Desnoyers
2024-02-08 21:21 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2024-02-08 22:04 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2024-02-08 22:12 ` Andrew Morton
2024-02-08 22:16 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2024-02-08 21:28 ` Dan Williams
2024-02-08 18:49 ` [PATCH v4 02/12] nvdimm/pmem: Treat alloc_dax() -EOPNOTSUPP failure as non-fatal Mathieu Desnoyers
2024-02-08 21:32 ` Dan Williams
2024-02-08 22:07 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2024-02-08 18:49 ` [PATCH v4 03/12] dm: " Mathieu Desnoyers
2024-02-08 21:34 ` Dan Williams
2024-02-08 22:07 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2024-02-08 18:49 ` [PATCH v4 04/12] dcssblk: Handle alloc_dax() -EOPNOTSUPP failure Mathieu Desnoyers
2024-02-08 21:36 ` Dan Williams
2024-02-08 22:08 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2024-02-08 18:49 ` [PATCH v4 05/12] virtio: Treat alloc_dax() -EOPNOTSUPP failure as non-fatal Mathieu Desnoyers
2024-02-08 21:37 ` Dan Williams
2024-02-08 22:09 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2024-02-08 18:49 ` [PATCH v4 06/12] dax: Check for data cache aliasing at runtime Mathieu Desnoyers
2024-02-08 21:39 ` Dan Williams
2024-02-08 22:10 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2024-02-08 22:37 ` Dan Williams
2024-02-08 22:42 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2024-02-09 1:01 ` Dan Williams
2024-02-08 18:49 ` [PATCH v4 07/12] Introduce cpu_dcache_is_aliasing() across all architectures Mathieu Desnoyers
2024-02-08 21:52 ` Dan Williams
2024-02-08 18:49 ` [PATCH v4 08/12] dax: Fix incorrect list of data cache aliasing architectures Mathieu Desnoyers
2024-02-08 21:52 ` Dan Williams
2024-02-08 18:49 ` [PATCH v4 09/12] nvdimm/pmem: Cleanup alloc_dax() error handling Mathieu Desnoyers
2024-02-08 21:55 ` Dan Williams
2024-02-08 22:12 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2024-02-08 18:49 ` [PATCH v4 10/12] dm: " Mathieu Desnoyers
2024-02-08 18:49 ` [PATCH v4 11/12] dcssblk: " Mathieu Desnoyers
2024-02-08 18:49 ` [PATCH v4 12/12] virtio: " Mathieu Desnoyers
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