Re: kernel memory leak: freeing pagetables in vmfree_area_pages in vmalloc.c

On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I was talking about this leak 2 days back but my mail ot lost.. > > we have in vfree --> > vmfree_area_pages (calling) free_area_pmd (calling) free_area_pte (calling) > free_page. > The final free_page frees all the pages that are allocated to a

kernel memory leak: freeing pagetables in vmfree_area_pages in vmalloc.c

I was talking about this leak 2 days back but my mail ot lost.. we have in vfree --> vmfree_area_pages (calling) free_area_pmd (calling) free_area_pte (calling) free_page. The final free_page frees all the pages that are allocated to a memory region in vmalloc. Now where are we freeing pa

freeing pagetables in vmfree_area_pages in vmalloc.c

we have in vfree --> vmfree_area_pages (calling) free_area_pmd (calling) free_area_pte (calling) free_page. The final free_page frees all the pages that are allocated to a memory region in vmalloc. Now where are we freeing pages that are allocated to page table themselves. For simplicity we can