Re: [PATCH] file locking memory leak

[Martin Josefsson]

On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 10:30, Wade wrote:
> Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > This patch fixes a memory leak in the file locking code.  Each attempt
> > to unlock a file would result in the leak of a file lock.  Many thanks
> > to Martin Josefsson for providing the testcase which enabled me to figure
> > out the problem.
> > 
> 
> Is this a problem for 2.4 as well?

No, it was introduced in the locking-rewrite in 2.5

A new patch which fixes another leak as well has been produced by Willy,
now I can't reproduce any leaks at all. I assume it will be merged in
-mm or in Linus tree when he gets back.

-- 
/Martin
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