From: Nanyong Sun <sunnanyong@xxxxxxxxxx> If kobject_init_and_add returns with error, kobject_put() is needed here to avoid memory leak, because kobject_init_and_add may return error without freeing the memory associated with the kobject it allocated. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210629022556.3985106-6-sunnanyong@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Nanyong Sun <sunnanyong@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c b/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c index 34893a57a7b9..44b9ad70a564 100644 --- a/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c +++ b/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c @@ -208,9 +208,9 @@ int nilfs_sysfs_create_snapshot_group(struct nilfs_root *root) } if (err) - return err; + kobject_put(&root->snapshot_kobj); - return 0; + return err; } void nilfs_sysfs_delete_snapshot_group(struct nilfs_root *root) -- 1.8.3.1
