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SubjectRe: [PATCH] fs: reiserfs: free new_opts in reiserfs_remount
On Wed 27-10-21 18:19:00, Dongliang Mu wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 5:46 PM Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed 27-10-21 11:39:25, Dongliang Mu wrote:
> > > Since the commit c3d98ea08291 ("VFS: Don't use save/replace_mount_options
> > > if not using generic_show_options") eliminates replace_mount_options
> > > in reiserfs, but did not handle the allocated new_opts,
> > > it will cause memory leak in the reiserfs_remount.
> > >
> > > Fix this by freeing new_opts in the reiserfs_remount temporarily.
> > >
> > > Fixes: c3d98ea08291 ("VFS: Don't use save/replace_mount_options if not using generic_show_options")
> > > Signed-off-by: Dongliang Mu <mudongliangabcd@gmail.com>
> >
> > Thanks for the patch but I can see that new_opts is not actually used at
> > all in reiserfs_remount() so we should perhaps just remove them (including
> > kstrdup() et al).
>
> That's also a plan. Since I am not sure if maintainers will use
> new_opts anymore, So I propose a temporary patch to fix this memory
> leak.
>
> If you think new_opts is not used anymore, let's remove all the code
> related to new_opts.

If it is ever needed again, we can always add it. Please just remove it.
Thanks!

Honza
--
Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
SUSE Labs, CR

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