Re: [PATCH] block: fix memory leak in bio_clone()

[Li Zefan]

>>> as the mempool mask. So the leak will not occur, but it does mean that
>>> it isn't honoring the gfp_mask passed in to bio_clone(), which is the
>> I noticed there was a patch to do this, and seems you planed to merge
>> it into .29?
>>
>> "[PATCH] Add gfp_mask to bio_integrity_clone()"
>>
>> http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/10/30/11
> 
> Hmm strange, apparently that never got queued up and I had forgotten all
> about that issue until your email. I'll add it asap.
> 

I found bio_integrity_clone() is not using the gfp_mask passed by bio_clone(),
so I googled it in LKML before I fix it. :)

>>> first bug. The second bug is that it should be using its own bioset, as
>>> it is illegal to do multiple __GFP_WAIT allocations on a single mempool
>>> and always expect progress.
> 
> That one still stands.
> 

Yes, and I'd leave it to you or Martin. ;)

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