Re: Bug#413661: libblkid1: leaks memory like crazy
On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 10:44:55AM -0500, Theodore Tso wrote:
> OK, release managers, the memory leak primarily occurs in the device
> mapper probing code, and an additional leak when there is a partition
> which does not have a valid filesystem known to blkid. rpc.mountd is,
> as far as I know, the first long-lived daemon using blkid, and it's
> apparently using it in a somewhat "interesting" way which is the
> system to constantly reprobe the disk information (if it is leaking
> megabytes per minute). The patch looks reasonably sane and low risk
> based on a on-paper examination of the code changes --- but if
> nfs-kernel-server 1.0.12 isn't going into etch, I'd say it's
> borderline whether or not we include this patch into the e2fsprogs
> upload I was about to do.
No strong opinion either way; I'm more concerned that the e2fsprogs upload
happens sooner rather than later, so that d-i RC2 doesn't get held up
waiting for it.
Thanks,
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