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Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 15:57:19 +0300
From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] android: fix reference leak in sync_fence_create
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On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 11:53:38AM +0200, Maarten Lankhorst wrote:
> According to the documentation sync_fence_create takes ownership of the point,
> not a reference on the point.
> 

What are the user visible effects of this bug?  I assume this is a real
bug but judging solely based on your patch description, it sounds like
you could just update the documentation instead of changing the code.

regards,
dan carpenter