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SubjectRe: [PATCH] btrfs: Fix refcnt leak in btrfs_recover_relocation
On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 06:35:56PM +0100, Filipe Manana wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 6:34 PM Filipe Manana <fdmanana@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 6:50 AM Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@fudan.edu.cn> wrote:
> > >
> > > btrfs_recover_relocation() invokes btrfs_join_transaction(), which joins
> > > a btrfs_trans_handle object into transactions and returns a reference of
> > > it with increased refcount to "trans".
> > >
> > > When btrfs_recover_relocation() returns, "trans" becomes invalid, so the
> > > refcount should be decreased to keep refcount balanced.
> > >
> > > The reference counting issue happens in one exception handling path of
> > > btrfs_recover_relocation(). When read_fs_root() failed, the refcnt
> > > increased by btrfs_join_transaction() is not decreased, causing a refcnt
> > > leak.
> > >
> > > Fix this issue by calling btrfs_end_transaction() on this error path
> > > when read_fs_root() failed.
> > >
> > > Fixes: 79787eaab461 ("btrfs: replace many BUG_ONs with proper error
> > > handling")
> > > Signed-off-by: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@fudan.edu.cn>
> > > Signed-off-by: Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@gmail.com>
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com>
> >
> > Looks good, thanks.
>
> Btw, the subject could be more clear.
> Instead of
>
> "btrfs: Fix refcnt leak in btrfs_recover_relocation"
>
> something like
>
> "btrfs: fix transaction leak in ..."
>
> David can probably fixup that when he picks the patch.

Yes, thanks, simple fixups are fine.

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