[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH master+0.14 0/2] blockdev memory leaks

[Kevin Wolf]

Hi Justin,

Am 08.02.2011 15:12, schrieb Markus Armbruster:
> Markus Armbruster (2):
>   blockdev: Plug memory leak in drive_uninit()
>   blockdev: Plug memory leak in drive_init() error paths
> 
>  blockdev.c |   12 ++++++++++--
>  1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

How this series made its way into stable was a bit surprising for me.
You may not be aware yet of the expectations that I (and probably
others) have in the process of patches being applied to stable. No harm
done, but maybe something to consider for future patches, so let me just
mention some points:

I saw that you already merged these patches into the stable tree, even
though they are not master yet. I think usually stable should only get
cherry-picks from master. There are exceptions of course (e.g. when
something will be fixed differently in master), but I don't think this
is one of them.

Also I noticed that you didn't add your Signed-off-by when applying the
patches. As I understand it, you should do this for any patch that you
apply directly (i.e. that you don't get via a git pull)

I only caught this by chance. If you sent an email ("Thanks, applied to
...") after you have applied a patch or pulled from somewhere, it would
be more obvious to the rest of us what happens in stable.

Kevin