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From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
To: Riccardo Schirone <sirmy15@gmail.com>
Cc: adilger.kernel@dilger.ca, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] fs/ext4: release kobject/kset even when init/register fail
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:10:11 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180111201011.GG19241@thunk.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171127231801.27652-2-sirmy15@gmail.com>

On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 12:17:59AM +0100, Riccardo Schirone wrote:
> Even when kobject_init_and_add/kset_register fail, the kobject has been
> already initialized and the refcount set to 1. Thus it is necessary to
> release the kobject/kset, to avoid the memory associated with it hanging
> around forever.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Riccardo Schirone <sirmy15@gmail.com>

Thanks, applied.

						- Ted

  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-01-11 20:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-11-27 23:17 [PATCH 0/3] Improve kobject handling in fs/ext4 Riccardo Schirone
2017-11-27 23:17 ` [PATCH 1/3] fs/ext4: release kobject/kset even when init/register fail Riccardo Schirone
2017-11-27 23:34   ` Andreas Dilger
2017-11-28 11:03     ` Riccardo S.
2018-01-11 20:10   ` Theodore Ts'o [this message]
2017-11-27 23:18 ` [PATCH 2/3] fs/ext4: create ext4_feat kobject dynamically Riccardo Schirone
2018-01-11 20:17   ` Theodore Ts'o
2017-11-27 23:18 ` [PATCH 3/3] fs/ext4: create ext4_kset dynamically Riccardo Schirone
2017-11-27 23:44   ` Andreas Dilger
2017-11-28 10:51     ` Riccardo S.
2018-01-11 20:40       ` Theodore Ts'o
2017-11-28  3:51 ` [PATCH 0/3] Improve kobject handling in fs/ext4 Theodore Ts'o
2017-11-28 10:50   ` Riccardo S.

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