This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled tracing: instance_rmdir() leaks ftrace_event_file->filter to the 3.15-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: tracing-instance_rmdir-leaks-ftrace_event_file-filter.patch and it can be found in the queue-3.15 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 2448e3493cb3874baa90725c87869455ebf11cd2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 21:06:38 +0200 Subject: tracing: instance_rmdir() leaks ftrace_event_file->filter From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 2448e3493cb3874baa90725c87869455ebf11cd2 upstream. instance_rmdir() path destroys the event files but forgets to free file->filter. Change remove_event_file_dir() to free_event_filter(). Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/p/20140711190638.GA19517@xxxxxxxxxx Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "zhangwei(Jovi)" <jovi.zhangwei@xxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: f6a84bdc75b5 "tracing: Introduce remove_event_file_dir()" Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/trace/trace_events.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c @@ -470,6 +470,7 @@ static void remove_event_file_dir(struct list_del(&file->list); remove_subsystem(file->system); + free_event_filter(file->filter); kmem_cache_free(file_cachep, file); } Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from oleg@xxxxxxxxxx are queue-3.15/tracing-instance_rmdir-leaks-ftrace_event_file-filter.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html