[merged mm-stable] drivers-base-memory-fix-an-unlikely-reference-counting-issue-in-__add_memory_block.patch removed from -mm tree

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The quilt patch titled
     Subject: drivers/base/memory: fix an unlikely reference counting issue in __add_memory_block()
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     drivers-base-memory-fix-an-unlikely-reference-counting-issue-in-__add_memory_block.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into mm-stable

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From: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: drivers/base/memory: fix an unlikely reference counting issue in __add_memory_block()

__add_memory_block() calls both put_device() and device_unregister() when
storing the memory block into the xarray.  This is incorrect because
xarray doesn't take an additional reference and device_unregister()
already calls put_device().

Triggering the issue looks really unlikely and its only effect should be
to log a spurious warning about a ref counted issue.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/d44c63d78affe844f020dc02ad6af29abc448fc4.1650611702.git.christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 4fb6eabf1037 ("drivers/base/memory.c: cache memory blocks in xarray to accelerate lookup")
Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Scott Cheloha <cheloha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nathan Lynch <nathanl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 drivers/base/memory.c |    5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/base/memory.c~drivers-base-memory-fix-an-unlikely-reference-counting-issue-in-__add_memory_block
+++ a/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -636,10 +636,9 @@ static int __add_memory_block(struct mem
 	}
 	ret = xa_err(xa_store(&memory_blocks, memory->dev.id, memory,
 			      GFP_KERNEL));
-	if (ret) {
-		put_device(&memory->dev);
+	if (ret)
 		device_unregister(&memory->dev);
-	}
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx are





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