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authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2023-02-02 16:16:33 +0100
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2023-02-08 13:36:22 +0100
commit2bb3669f576559db273efe49e0e69f82450efbca (patch)
tree15a9b648a59df9a70463c07e88bf95fb98010004 /kernel
parentkernel/power/energy_model.c: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() (diff)
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kernel/fail_function: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()
When calling debugfs_lookup() the result must have dput() called on it, otherwise the memory will leak over time. To make things simpler, just call debugfs_lookup_and_remove() instead which handles all of the logic at once. Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Reviewed-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@huawei.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230202151633.2310897-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/fail_function.c5
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/fail_function.c b/kernel/fail_function.c
index a7ccd2930c5f..d971a0189319 100644
--- a/kernel/fail_function.c
+++ b/kernel/fail_function.c
@@ -163,10 +163,7 @@ static void fei_debugfs_add_attr(struct fei_attr *attr)
static void fei_debugfs_remove_attr(struct fei_attr *attr)
{
- struct dentry *dir;
-
- dir = debugfs_lookup(attr->kp.symbol_name, fei_debugfs_dir);
- debugfs_remove_recursive(dir);
+ debugfs_lookup_and_remove(attr->kp.symbol_name, fei_debugfs_dir);
}
static int fei_kprobe_handler(struct kprobe *kp, struct pt_regs *regs)