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RE: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Don't leak channel ids

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dexuan Cui
> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 5:49 AM
> To: KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com>; gregkh@linuxfoundation.org; linux-
> kernel@vger.kernel.org; devel@linuxdriverproject.org; olaf@aepfle.de;
> apw@canonical.com; vkuznets@redhat.com; jasowang@redhat.com;
> leann.ogasawara@canonical.com; marcelo.cerri@canonical.com
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Don't leak channel ids
> 
> > From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-kernel-
> > owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of kys@exchange.microsoft.com
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
> > index e1a3ae4..0a85246 100644
> > --- a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
> > +++ b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
> > @@ -802,6 +802,7 @@ static void vmbus_onoffer(struct
> > vmbus_channel_message_header *hdr)
> >         /* Allocate the channel object and save this offer. */
> >         newchannel = alloc_channel();
> >         if (!newchannel) {
> > +               vmbus_release_relid(offer->child_relid);
> >                 pr_err("Unable to allocate channel object\n");
> >                 return;
> >         }
> 
> The patch seems good.
> 
> BTW,  vmbus_onoffer -> alloc_channel is only called in the workqueue
> context, so maybe we should change the atomic kzalloc in alloc_channel
> to GFP_KERNEL?

No; this will introduce potential reordering of execution. I am working on rescind handling
where, we need to ensure temporal ordering of events until the channel is created.

K. Y
> 
> Thanks,
> -- Dexuan

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RE: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Don't leak channel ids Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com> - 2017-03-14 13:50 +0100
  RE: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Don't leak channel ids KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> - 2017-03-14 15:40 +0100

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