From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de>
To: Justin Chen <justin.chen@broadcom.com>,
bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: bcmasp: fix memory leak when bringing down if
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 21:46:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8ae97386-876f-45cf-9e82-af082d8ea338@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9afad2b3-38a5-470d-a66f-10aa2cba3bab@broadcom.com>
>>> When bringing down the TX rings we flush the rings but forget to
>>> reclaimed the flushed packets. This lead to a memory leak since we
>>> do not free the dma mapped buffers. …
>>
>> I find this change description improvable.
>>
>> * How do you think about to avoid typos?
>>
>> * Would another imperative wording be more desirable?
>
> The change description makes sense to me. Can you be a bit more specific as to what isn't clear here?
Spelling suggestions:
+ … forget to reclaim …
+ … This leads to …
Advices from a corresponding known information source:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.9-rc4#n94
Regards,
Markus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-04-15 19:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-04-12 18:16 [PATCH net] net: bcmasp: fix memory leak when bringing down if Justin Chen
2024-04-12 21:09 ` Florian Fainelli
2024-04-14 11:23 ` Markus Elfring
2024-04-15 17:36 ` Justin Chen
2024-04-15 19:46 ` Markus Elfring [this message]
2024-04-17 16:19 ` Simon Horman
2024-04-17 16:52 ` Florian Fainelli
2024-04-17 18:48 ` Justin Chen
2024-04-18 0:56 ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-04-17 20:34 ` Simon Horman
2024-04-18 8:02 ` net: bcmasp: Patch review challenges Markus Elfring
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