Re: [PATCH] trace/blktrace: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()

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On 2/2/23 06:19, 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: 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);
  	}

Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx>



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