From: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 9fbc01cdba66e988122ccdc6094cfd85d9587769 upstream. Remove trace_array 'sample-instance' if kthread_run fails in sample_trace_array_init(). Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200609135200.2206726-1-wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: 89ed42495ef4a ("tracing: Sample module to demonstrate kernel access to Ftrace instances.") Reviewed-by: Divya Indi <divya.indi@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- samples/ftrace/sample-trace-array.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/samples/ftrace/sample-trace-array.c +++ b/samples/ftrace/sample-trace-array.c @@ -107,8 +107,12 @@ static int __init sample_trace_array_ini trace_printk_init_buffers(); simple_tsk = kthread_run(simple_thread, NULL, "sample-instance"); - if (IS_ERR(simple_tsk)) + if (IS_ERR(simple_tsk)) { + trace_array_put(tr); + trace_array_destroy(tr); return -1; + } + return 0; }