From: Li Zefan <lizf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Don't forget to release the module refcnt if seq_open() returns failure. Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@xxxxxxx> Cc: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/sunrpc/cache.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN net/sunrpc/cache.c~sunrpc-cache-fix-module-refcnt-leak-in-a-failure-path net/sunrpc/cache.c --- a/net/sunrpc/cache.c~sunrpc-cache-fix-module-refcnt-leak-in-a-failure-path +++ a/net/sunrpc/cache.c @@ -1233,8 +1233,10 @@ static int content_open(struct inode *in if (!cd || !try_module_get(cd->owner)) return -EACCES; han = __seq_open_private(file, &cache_content_op, sizeof(*han)); - if (han == NULL) + if (han == NULL) { + module_put(cd->owner); return -ENOMEM; + } han->cd = cd; return 0; _ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html