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In-reply-to: <20071127213801.4def3c23.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (message from
	Andrew Morton on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:38:01 -0800)
Subject: Re: [uml-devel] leak in do_ubd_request
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From: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:37:53 +0100
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> On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:20:20 -0500 Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 09:29:23PM +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> > > Sure.  The patch works for me, but please check that it also makes
> > > sense.
> > 
> > I did - it's a straight-forward leak and fix.
> > 
> 
> Do we have any idea which patch this patch fixes?

I seems like a mainline bug, and has been present for some time
(forever?).

I have no idea why this wasn't noticed earlier.

Miklos
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