On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 03:42:58PM -0800, Mark Salyzyn wrote: > On 12/12/2016 10:26 PM, Cong Wang wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 4:26 PM, Mark Salyzyn <saly...@android.com> wrote: > > > The leaks were introduced in 9p, gfs2, jfs and xfs drivers only. > > > > Only the 9p case is obvious to me: > > > > diff --git a/fs/9p/acl.c b/fs/9p/acl.c > > index b3c2cc7..082d227 100644 > > --- a/fs/9p/acl.c > > +++ b/fs/9p/acl.c > > @@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ static int v9fs_xattr_set_acl(const struct > > xattr_handler *handler, > > case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS: > > if (acl) { > > struct iattr iattr; > > + struct posix_acl *old_acl = acl; > > > > retval = posix_acl_update_mode(inode, > > &iattr.ia_mode, &acl); > > if (retval) > > @@ -287,6 +288,7 @@ static int v9fs_xattr_set_acl(const struct > > xattr_handler *handler, > > * by the mode bits. So don't > > * update ACL. > > */ > > + posix_acl_release(old_acl); > > value = NULL; > > size = 0; > > } > > > > > > The rest are anti-pattern (modifying parameters on stack via address) > > but look correct. > > Greg KH: Beware that this similar fix needs to be applied to _backports_ to > stable kernel trees on other filesystem driver that have the same pattern > (with local posix_acl_release(acl) calls). I have found that depending on > vintage these would include this driver 9p, and possibly gfs2, jfs and xfs. > Be aware.
I don't understand what you mean here. What needs to be "backported" to the stable tree? What commit in Linus's tree do I pick? If not a commit there, where is it? totally confused, greg k-h