When calling debugfs_lookup() the result must have dput() called on it, otherwise the memory will leak over time. To make things simpler, just call debugfs_lookup_and_remove() instead which handles all of the logic at once. Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Cc: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/slub.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c index 13459c69095a..4880e461fcc5 100644 --- a/mm/slub.c +++ b/mm/slub.c @@ -6449,7 +6449,7 @@ static void debugfs_slab_add(struct kmem_cache *s) void debugfs_slab_release(struct kmem_cache *s) { - debugfs_remove_recursive(debugfs_lookup(s->name, slab_debugfs_root)); + debugfs_lookup_and_remove(s->name, slab_debugfs_root); } static int __init slab_debugfs_init(void) -- 2.39.1