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From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
To: Lothar Rubusch <l.rubusch@gmail.com>
Cc: herbert@gondor.apana.org.au, davem@davemloft.net,
	nicolas.ferre@microchip.com, alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com,
	claudiu.beznea@tuxon.dev, ardb@kernel.org, linusw@kernel.org,
	linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] crypto: atmel-sha204a - fix memory leak at non-blocking RNG work_data
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:33:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ae4UD-JGUarmSMiK@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260422210936.20095-2-l.rubusch@gmail.com>

On Wed, Apr 22, 2026 at 09:09:34PM +0000, Lothar Rubusch wrote:
> The driver allocated memory for work_data in the non-blocking read
> path but never free'd it again.

Yes, 'work_data' is allocated once on the first nonblocking RNG request
and reused for subsequent requests, but the memory is eventually freed
on device removal in atmel_sha204a_remove().

The memory might be retained unnecessarily after use when the device is
idle (probably negligible), but it's not a memory leak.

Best,
Thorsten

  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-04-26 13:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-22 21:09 [PATCH v3 0/3] crypto: atmel-sha204a - multiple RNG fixes Lothar Rubusch
2026-04-22 21:09 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] crypto: atmel-sha204a - fix memory leak at non-blocking RNG work_data Lothar Rubusch
2026-04-23  7:43   ` Ard Biesheuvel
2026-04-26 13:33   ` Thorsten Blum [this message]
2026-04-26 16:16     ` Lothar Rubusch
2026-04-22 21:09 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] crypto: atmel-sha204a - fix truncated 32-byte blocking read Lothar Rubusch
2026-04-23  7:55   ` Ard Biesheuvel
2026-04-25 13:46   ` Thorsten Blum
2026-04-25 14:08     ` Thorsten Blum
2026-04-25 14:11     ` Lothar Rubusch
2026-04-22 21:09 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] crypto: atmel-sha204a - fix non-blocking read logic Lothar Rubusch
2026-04-23  7:56   ` Ard Biesheuvel
2026-04-23  9:25 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] crypto: atmel-sha204a - multiple RNG fixes Ard Biesheuvel
2026-04-25 13:34   ` Lothar Rubusch

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