Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 27 Jun 2005 23:17:18 -0700 | | From | Andrew Morton <> | | Subject | Re: dirty md raid5 slab bio leak |
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Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au> wrote: > > On Monday June 27, akpm@osdl.org wrote: > > Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au> wrote: > > > > > > It's OK, I found it. The bio leaks when writing the md superblock. > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > insert a missing bio_put when writting the md superblock. > > > > Does 2.6.12.x need this? > > Hmmm.. probably, though it isn't Ooopsable, and isn't a security > problem. Just a slow leak with a trivial patch...
It's a pretty sad bug if it hits you though.
> Is there a web-page somewhere that lists the acceptance criterea? I > didn't save the mail message.
Me either. Just send 'em any old thing and let them decide ;)
> Do I just mail the patch to stable@kernel.org ??
That's OK, I'll add it to my backport queue - we should leave it to bake in 2.6.13-rc1 for a bit first.
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