Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 4 Aug 2011 09:54:16 +0800 | From | wwang <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] staging:rts_pstor:modify thread synchronization flow |
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On 2011年08月03日 23:39, Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 04:00:25PM +0800, wei_wang@realsil.com.cn wrote: >> From: wwang <wei_wang@realsil.com.cn> >> >> Using different completion variables to synchronize different kernel threads >> >> Signed-off-by: wwang <wei_wang@realsil.com.cn> > Is this fixing a bug that is seen now, or is this just a nice "cleanup" > patch that can wait for the 3.2 kernel release? > > thanks, > > greg k-h This patch fix a bug that may cause memory leak when driver disconnected. This is not a very urgent bug. Because with the default setting, driver disconnectting routine won't be called except when Linux is shut down. But if the option auto_delink_en is set, a small number of memory would leak out after memory card unplugged.
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