The patch titled
kobject: kobject_add() reference leak
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
kobject-kobject_add-reference-leak.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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Subject: kobject: kobject_add() reference leak
From: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@xxxxxxxxxx>
We leak a reference if we attempt to add a kobject with no name.
Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/kobject.c | 1 +
1 files changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff -puN lib/kobject.c~kobject-kobject_add-reference-leak lib/kobject.c
--- a/lib/kobject.c~kobject-kobject_add-reference-leak
+++ a/lib/kobject.c
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ int kobject_shadow_add(struct kobject *
if (!*kobj->k_name) {
pr_debug("kobject attempted to be registered with no name!\n");
WARN_ON(1);
+ kobject_put(kobj);
return -EINVAL;
}
parent = kobject_get(kobj->parent);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from cornelia.huck@xxxxxxxxxx are
s390-cio-delay-uevents-for-subchannels.patch
uevent-use-add_uevent_var-instead-of-open-coding-it.patch
device_schedule_callback-needs-a-module-reference-fix.patch
git-s390.patch
partitions-check-the-return-value-of-kobject_add-etc.patch
kprobes-the-on-off-knob-thru-debugfs-updated-s390-fix.patch
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