# Re: \[PATCH\] ext4: fix memory leak in ext4\_fill\_super

- From: Alexey Makhalov \<hidden\>
- Date: 2021-05-21 07:43:53 
- List: linux-ext4
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-ext4/2021/05/6878531
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-ext4/2021/04/6876739/t.md

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Hi Ted,

Good point! This paragraph can be just dropped as the next one
describes the issue with superblock re-read. Will send v2 shortly.

Thanks,
—Alexey

> On May 20, 2021, at 9:43 PM, Theodore Y. Ts'o [ref] wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 10:19:28PM +0000, Alexey Makhalov wrote:
>> I've recently discovered that doing infinite loop of
>>  systemctl start <ext4_on_lvm>.mount, and
>>  systemctl stop <ext4_on_lvm>.mount
>> linearly increases percpu allocator memory consumption.
>> In several hours, it might lead to system instability by
>> consuming most of the memory.
>> 
>> Bug is not reproducible when the ext4 filesystem is on
>> physical partition, but it is persistent when ext4 is on
>> logical volume.
> 
> Why is this the case?  It sounds like we're looking a buffer for each
> mount where the block size is not 1k.  It shouldn't matter whether it
> is a physical partition or not.
> 
> 				- Ted

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