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: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-block@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-trace-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/trace/blktrace.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c index 918a7d12df8f..5743be559415 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c @@ -320,8 +320,8 @@ static void blk_trace_free(struct request_queue *q, struct blk_trace *bt) * under 'q->debugfs_dir', thus lookup and remove them. */ if (!bt->dir) { - debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup("dropped", q->debugfs_dir)); - debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup("msg", q->debugfs_dir)); + debugfs_lookup_and_remove("dropped", q->debugfs_dir); + debugfs_lookup_and_remove("msg", q->debugfs_dir); } else { debugfs_remove(bt->dir); } -- 2.39.1