From: Chao Yu <yuchao0@xxxxxxxxxx> register_shrinker in mb_cache_create may fail due to no memory. This patch fixes to do the check of return value of register_shrinker and handle the error case, otherwise mb_cache_create may return with no error, but losing the inner shrinker. Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <yuchao0@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/mbcache.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/mbcache.c b/fs/mbcache.c index eccda3a..c5bd19f 100644 --- a/fs/mbcache.c +++ b/fs/mbcache.c @@ -366,7 +366,11 @@ struct mb_cache *mb_cache_create(int bucket_bits) cache->c_shrink.count_objects = mb_cache_count; cache->c_shrink.scan_objects = mb_cache_scan; cache->c_shrink.seeks = DEFAULT_SEEKS; - register_shrinker(&cache->c_shrink); + if (register_shrinker(&cache->c_shrink)) { + kfree(cache->c_hash); + kfree(cache); + goto err_out; + } INIT_WORK(&cache->c_shrink_work, mb_cache_shrink_worker); -- 2.7.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html