Re: Linux 5.19-rc6

[Russell King (Oracle)]

On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 01:40:41PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 7/13/22 13:21, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 12:49 PM Russell King (Oracle)
> > <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > 
> > > There may be a patch that solves that, but it's never been submitted to
> > > my patch system:
> > > 
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220524025139.40212-1-wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx/
> > 
> > That patch looks sane to me, but I guess Guenter would need to check
> > ... Guenter?
> > 
> 
> That patch is (and has been) in linux-next for a long time,
> as commit d2ca1fd2bc70, and with the following tags.
> 
>     Fixes: 7719a68b2fa4 ("ARM: 9192/1: amba: fix memory leak in amba_device_try_add()")
>     Reported-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     Tested-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx>
>     Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> So, yes, it fixes the problem. I don't know where it is pulled from, though.
> I thought that it is from Russell's tree, given his Signed-off-by:,
> but I never really checked.

Ah, yes, it's in the same bracnh as 9192/1. So if Linus is reporting
that 9192/1 is still a problem in linux-next, then this patch does
_not_ fix it.

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