Re: [CHECKER] 12 potential leaks in kernel 2.5.69

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
22 May 2003 10:50:10 +0100


> > schedule();
> > barrier();
>
> Iirc, the above will leak 4 bytes (plus overhead) once per kernel
> boot and controller. This only happens for broken hardware and the
> alternative is memory corruption, depending on how broken the hardware
> is. Wontfix.
>
> Alan, was that correct?

It should only leak in the error path case. If the controller didnt reply
then it still owns that ram and for the sake of a few bytes its better to
play safe yes

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