From: Qian Cai <cai@xxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 967d3010df8b6f6f9aa95c198edc5fe3646ebf36 ] unreferenced object 0xffff808ec6dc5a80 (size 128): comm "swapper/0", pid 1, jiffies 4294938063 (age 2560.530s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b ........kkkkkkkk 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk backtrace: [<00000000476dcf8c>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x430/0x500 [<000000004f708d37>] platform_device_register_full+0xbc/0x1e8 [<000000006c2a7ec7>] acpi_create_platform_device+0x370/0x450 [<00000000ef135642>] acpi_default_enumeration+0x34/0x78 [<000000003bd9a052>] acpi_bus_attach+0x2dc/0x3e0 [<000000003cf4f7f2>] acpi_bus_attach+0x108/0x3e0 [<000000003cf4f7f2>] acpi_bus_attach+0x108/0x3e0 [<000000002968643e>] acpi_bus_scan+0xb0/0x110 [<0000000010dd0bd7>] acpi_scan_init+0x1a8/0x410 [<00000000965b3c5a>] acpi_init+0x408/0x49c [<00000000ed4b9fe2>] do_one_initcall+0x178/0x7f4 [<00000000a5ac5a74>] kernel_init_freeable+0x9d4/0xa9c [<0000000070ea6c15>] kernel_init+0x18/0x138 [<00000000fb8fff06>] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x1c [<0000000041273a0d>] 0xffffffffffffffff Then, faddr2line pointed out this line, /* * This memory isn't freed when the device is put, * I don't have a nice idea for that though. Conceptually * dma_mask in struct device should not be a pointer. * See http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.pci/9081 */ pdev->dev.dma_mask = kmalloc(sizeof(*pdev->dev.dma_mask), GFP_KERNEL); Since this leak has existed for more than 8 years and it does not reference other parts of the memory, let kmemleak ignore it, so users don't need to waste time reporting this in the future. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181206160751.36211-1-cai@xxxxxx Signed-off-by: Qian Cai <cai@xxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/base/platform.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c index dff82a3c2caa9..e9be1f56929af 100644 --- a/drivers/base/platform.c +++ b/drivers/base/platform.c @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ #include <linux/clk/clk-conf.h> #include <linux/limits.h> #include <linux/property.h> +#include <linux/kmemleak.h> #include "base.h" #include "power/power.h" @@ -525,6 +526,8 @@ struct platform_device *platform_device_register_full( if (!pdev->dev.dma_mask) goto err; + kmemleak_ignore(pdev->dev.dma_mask); + *pdev->dev.dma_mask = pdevinfo->dma_mask; pdev->dev.coherent_dma_mask = pdevinfo->dma_mask; } -- 2.20.1