From: Qiushi Wu <wu000273@xxxxxxx> kobject_init_and_add() takes reference even when it fails. If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to properly clean up the memory associated with the object. Previous commit "b8eb718348b8" fixed a similar problem. Signed-off-by: Qiushi Wu <wu000273@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c index 087682e6969e..defe9cd4c5ee 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c @@ -1058,8 +1058,7 @@ static int add_port(struct ib_core_device *coredev, int port_num) coredev->ports_kobj, "%d", port_num); if (ret) { - kfree(p); - return ret; + goto err_put; } p->gid_attr_group = kzalloc(sizeof(*p->gid_attr_group), GFP_KERNEL); @@ -1072,8 +1071,7 @@ static int add_port(struct ib_core_device *coredev, int port_num) ret = kobject_init_and_add(&p->gid_attr_group->kobj, &gid_attr_type, &p->kobj, "gid_attrs"); if (ret) { - kfree(p->gid_attr_group); - goto err_put; + goto err_put_gid_attrs; } if (device->ops.process_mad && is_full_dev) { @@ -1404,8 +1402,10 @@ int ib_port_register_module_stat(struct ib_device *device, u8 port_num, ret = kobject_init_and_add(kobj, ktype, &port->kobj, "%s", name); - if (ret) + if (ret) { + kobject_put(kobj); return ret; + } } return 0; -- 2.17.1