Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Nanyong Sun <> | Subject | [PATCH 3/6] nilfs2: fix memory leak in nilfs_sysfs_create_##name##_group | Date | Tue, 29 Jun 2021 10:25:53 +0800 |
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If kobject_init_and_add return with error, kobject_put() is needed here to avoid memory leak, because kobject_init_and_add may return error without freeing the memory associated with the kobject it allocated.
Signed-off-by: Nanyong Sun <sunnanyong@huawei.com> --- fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c b/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c index ec85ac53720d..6305e4ef7e39 100644 --- a/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c +++ b/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c @@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ static int nilfs_sysfs_create_##name##_group(struct the_nilfs *nilfs) \ err = kobject_init_and_add(kobj, &nilfs_##name##_ktype, parent, \ #name); \ if (err) \ - return err; \ - return 0; \ + kobject_put(kobj); \ + return err; \ } \ static void nilfs_sysfs_delete_##name##_group(struct the_nilfs *nilfs) \ { \ -- 2.18.0.huawei.25
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