In __break_lease(), the file lock 'new_fl' is allocated in lease_alloc(). However, it is not deallocated in the following execution if smp_load_acquire() fails, leading to a memory leak bug. To fix this issue, free 'new_fl' before returning the error. Signed-off-by: Wenwen Wang <wenwen@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/locks.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c index 686eae2..5993b2a 100644 --- a/fs/locks.c +++ b/fs/locks.c @@ -1592,7 +1592,7 @@ int __break_lease(struct inode *inode, unsigned int mode, unsigned int type) ctx = smp_load_acquire(&inode->i_flctx); if (!ctx) { WARN_ON_ONCE(1); - return error; + goto free_lock; } percpu_down_read(&file_rwsem); @@ -1672,6 +1672,7 @@ int __break_lease(struct inode *inode, unsigned int mode, unsigned int type) spin_unlock(&ctx->flc_lock); percpu_up_read(&file_rwsem); locks_dispose_list(&dispose); +free_lock: locks_free_lock(new_fl); return error; } -- 2.7.4