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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: "Mao, Bibo" <bibo.mao@intel.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, systemtap@sources.redhat.com,    anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com, yanmin.zhang@intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kretprobe instance recyled by parent process
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"Mao, Bibo" <bibo.mao@intel.com> wrote:
>
> When kretprobe probe schedule() function, if probed process exit then
>  schedule() function will never return, so some kretprobe instance will
>  never be recycled. By this patch the parent process will recycle
>  kretprobe instance of probed function, there will be no memory leak of
>  kretprobe instance. This patch is based on 2.6.16-rc3.

The patch is extremely wordwrapped.  Please sort out your email client,
send yourself a test patch, check that it applies OK, then resend, thanks.