Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 3 Feb 2023 10:40:49 +0100 | From | Petr Mladek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] kernel/printk/index.c: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() |
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On Thu 2023-02-02 16:14:11, Greg Kroah-Hartman 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: Chris Down <chris@chrisdown.name> > Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> > Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@chromium.org> > Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> > Cc: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de> > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Best Regards, Petr
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