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SubjectRe: [PATCH] kernel/irq/irqdomain.c: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()
On Thu, 02 Feb 2023 15:15:54 +0000,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> 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: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> ---
> kernel/irq/irqdomain.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c b/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c
> index 8fe1da9614ee..e2096b51c004 100644
> --- a/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c
> +++ b/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c
> @@ -1915,7 +1915,7 @@ static void debugfs_add_domain_dir(struct irq_domain *d)
>
> static void debugfs_remove_domain_dir(struct irq_domain *d)
> {
> - debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup(d->name, domain_dir));
> + debugfs_lookup_and_remove(d->name, domain_dir);
> }
>
> void __init irq_domain_debugfs_init(struct dentry *root)

Reviewed-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>

Maybe add a Cc stable to get this in 6.1?

Thanks,

M.

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