Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:57:41 -0400
To: bjschuma@netapp.com
Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: fix for open leaks, for 3.2
Message-ID: <20111017215741.GE13368@fieldses.org>
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From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org>
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On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 05:55:49PM -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> Bryan Schumaker noticed that we have a longstanding leak of an open
> owner each time the first open with a new open owner fails.
> 
> The following patches fix that, along with a few other less likely leaks
> that occur if a memory allocation fails after a file is created.

By the way, Bryan, I didn't try to write a real test case for that
leak--would it be easy for you to rerun the test you were running before
and verify whether it's gone?

--b.

> 
> I intend to commit these to for-3.2.  Any review welcomed.
> 
> --b.
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