Re: [PATCH 1/11] Add generic helpers for arch IPI function calls

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Tue Apr 22 2008 - 10:44:47 EST




On Tue, 22 Apr 2008, Jens Axboe wrote:
> +
> +static inline void csd_flag_wait(struct call_single_data *data)
> +{
> + /* Wait for response */
> + do {
> + /*
> + * We need to see the flags store in the IPI handler
> + */
> + smp_mb();
> + if (!(data->flags & CSD_FLAG_WAIT))
> + break;
> + cpu_relax();
> + } while (1);
> +}

You forgot to free the "data" here? The waiter must also free the object,
since now the callee does not.

Linus

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