Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:46:50 +0800 | From | Chen Gang <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] kernel/audit_tree.c: tree will memory leak when failure occurs for audit_trim_trees() |
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On 2013年04月23日 07:04, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:39:06 +0800 Chen Gang <gang.chen@asianux.com> wrote: > >> >> in audit_trim_trees(), has called get_tree() before failure occurs, >> so need also call put_tree after go to skip_it: >> >> ... >> >> --- a/kernel/audit_tree.c >> +++ b/kernel/audit_tree.c >> @@ -617,10 +617,10 @@ void audit_trim_trees(void) >> } >> spin_unlock(&hash_lock); >> trim_marked(tree); >> - put_tree(tree); >> drop_collected_mounts(root_mnt); >> skip_it: >> mutex_lock(&audit_filter_mutex); >> + put_tree(tree); >> } >> list_del(&cursor); >> mutex_unlock(&audit_filter_mutex); > > That looks right to me. > > I think we can micro-optimise the code by performing the put_tree() > before taking the mutex, to slightly reduce mutex hold times? >
ok, thanks.
> --- a/kernel/audit_tree.c~kernel-audit_treec-tree-will-leak-memory-when-failure-occurs-in-audit_trim_trees-fix > +++ a/kernel/audit_tree.c > @@ -619,8 +619,8 @@ void audit_trim_trees(void) > trim_marked(tree); > drop_collected_mounts(root_mnt); > skip_it: > - mutex_lock(&audit_filter_mutex); > put_tree(tree); > + mutex_lock(&audit_filter_mutex); > } > list_del(&cursor); > mutex_unlock(&audit_filter_mutex); > _ > > > >
-- Chen Gang
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