Public bug reported:
[Impact]
When xen blkfront devices are unbound, removed, disconnected or suspended, if
bouncing is enabled but persistent grants are not, it would leak memory.
[Fix]
Revert commit introducing the regression.
[Test case]
suspend/resume a Xen AWS instance and check for memory leaks.
[Potential regression]
AWS Xen instances can see failures on their block devices.
** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Invalid
** Affects: linux (Ubuntu Xenial)
Importance: Critical
Assignee: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo (cascardo)
Status: In Progress
** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Xenial)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Xenial)
Status: New => In Progress
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Xenial)
Importance: Undecided => Critical
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Xenial)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo (cascardo)
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1985527
Title:
xen blkfront leaks memory when disconnecting devices
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Status in linux source package in Xenial:
In Progress
Bug description:
[Impact]
When xen blkfront devices are unbound, removed, disconnected or suspended, if
bouncing is enabled but persistent grants are not, it would leak memory.
[Fix]
Revert commit introducing the regression.
[Test case]
suspend/resume a Xen AWS instance and check for memory leaks.
[Potential regression]
AWS Xen instances can see failures on their block devices.
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