From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 20 17:40:03 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 996091065676 for ; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:40:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 887648FC2C for ; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:40:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o3KHe3lb001121 for ; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:40:03 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id o3KHe3MX001120; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:40:03 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:40:03 GMT Message-Id: <201004201740.o3KHe3MX001120@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: Mateusz Guzik Cc: Subject: Re: kern/145865: kernel memory leak with disabled devd and hw.bus.devctl_disable=1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mateusz Guzik List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:40:03 -0000 The following reply was made to PR kern/145865; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Mateusz Guzik To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, littlesavage@orionet.ru Cc: Subject: Re: kern/145865: kernel memory leak with disabled devd and hw.bus.devctl_disable=1 Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:33:28 +0200 devctl_queue_length is checked twice. 1) if (devctl_queue_length == 0) return; So we leak message passed by the caller. 2) mtx_lock(&devsoftc.mtx); if (devctl_queue_length == 0) { free(n1->dei_data, M_BUS); free(n1, M_BUS); return; } So we can return with lock held where we shouldn't (or I'm misinterpreting something). How about this patch then: http://student.agh.edu.pl/~mjguzik/subr_bus.diff -- Mateusz Guzik