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SubjectRE: [PATCH] HV: hv_balloon: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()
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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2023 6:09 AM

>
> 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: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com>
> Cc: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com>
> Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>
> Cc: Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>
> Cc: linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

Add a Fixes: tag? This hv_balloon debugfs code was added in v6.0,
And I see that debugfs_lookup_and_remove() was also added in v6.0.

Fixes: d180e0a1be6c ("Drivers: hv: Create debugfs file with hyper-v balloon usage information")

> ---
> drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c b/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c
> index cbe43e2567a7..64ac5bdee3a6 100644
> --- a/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c
> +++ b/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c
> @@ -1963,7 +1963,7 @@ static void hv_balloon_debugfs_init(struct hv_dynmem_device *b)
>
> static void hv_balloon_debugfs_exit(struct hv_dynmem_device *b)
> {
> - debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup("hv-balloon", NULL));
> + debugfs_lookup_and_remove("hv-balloon", NULL);
> }
>
> #else

Reviewed-by: Michael Kelley <mikelley@microsoft.com>

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