Right now we are using find_memory_block() to get the node id for the pfn range to online. We are missing to drop a reference to the memory block device. While the device still gets unregistered via device_unregister(), resulting in no user visible problem, the device is never released via device_release(), resulting in a memory leak. Fix that by properly using a put_device(). Fixes: d0dc12e86b31 ("mm/memory_hotplug: optimize memory hotplug") Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Qian Cai <cai@xxxxxx> Cc: Arun KS <arunks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mathieu Malaterre <malat@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/memory_hotplug.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c index 5eb4a4c7c21b..328878b6799d 100644 --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c @@ -854,6 +854,7 @@ int __ref online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, int online_typ */ mem = find_memory_block(__pfn_to_section(pfn)); nid = mem->nid; + put_device(&mem->dev); /* associate pfn range with the zone */ zone = move_pfn_range(online_type, nid, pfn, nr_pages); -- 2.20.1