From: Coly Li <colyli@xxxxxxx> commit f54d801dda14942dbefa00541d10603015b7859c upstream. Commit 9baf30972b55 ("bcache: fix for gc and write-back race") added a new work queue dc->writeback_write_wq, but forgot to destroy it in the error condition when creating dc->writeback_thread failed. This patch destroys dc->writeback_write_wq if kthread_create() returns error pointer to dc->writeback_thread, then a memory leak is avoided. Fixes: 9baf30972b55 ("bcache: fix for gc and write-back race") Signed-off-by: Coly Li <colyli@xxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- a/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c @@ -807,6 +807,7 @@ int bch_cached_dev_writeback_start(struc "bcache_writeback"); if (IS_ERR(dc->writeback_thread)) { cached_dev_put(dc); + destroy_workqueue(dc->writeback_write_wq); return PTR_ERR(dc->writeback_thread); }