In kobject_init_and_add() function, the refcount is setted by calling kobject_init() function, regardless of whether the return value is zero or not, therefore, we must call kobject_del(&s->kobj) to prevent memory of s->kobj is leaked. V1 -> V2 use kobject_put() instead kobject_del(). V1: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-mm/patch/20220811025258.68684-1-xhao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ Xin Hao (1): mm/slub: release kobject if kobject_init_and_add failed in sysfs_slab_add mm/slub.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) -- 2.31.0