The callers of insert_header() will drop sysctl table whatever insert_header() successes or fails. So we can't call drop_sysctl_table() in insert_header(). The call sites of insert_header() are all in fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c. Signed-off-by: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c index 4d598a3..5eddca4 100644 --- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c +++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c @@ -241,7 +241,6 @@ static int insert_header(struct ctl_dir *dir, struct ctl_table_header *header) if (header->ctl_table == sysctl_mount_point) clear_empty_dir(dir); header->parent = NULL; - drop_sysctl_table(&dir->header); return err; } -- 1.8.3.1
