On Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 07:53:31PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote: > From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Since the fsverity sysctl registration runs as a builtin initcall, there > is no corresponding sysctl deregistration and the resulting struct > ctl_table_header is not used. This can cause a kmemleak warning just > after the system boots up. (A pointer to the ctl_table_header is stored > in the fsverity_sysctl_header static variable, which kmemleak should > detect; however, the compiler can optimize out that variable.) Avoid > the kmemleak warning by using register_sysctl_init() which is intended > for use by builtin initcalls and uses kmemleak_not_leak(). > > Reported-by: Yi Zhang <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx> > Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHj4cs8DTSvR698UE040rs_pX1k-WVe7aR6N2OoXXuhXJPDC-w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > fs/verity/init.c | 7 +------ > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/verity/init.c b/fs/verity/init.c > index cb2c9aac61ed..f440f0e61e3e 100644 > --- a/fs/verity/init.c > +++ b/fs/verity/init.c > @@ -8,12 +8,10 @@ > #include "fsverity_private.h" > > #include <linux/ratelimit.h> > > #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL > -static struct ctl_table_header *fsverity_sysctl_header; > - > static struct ctl_table fsverity_sysctl_table[] = { > #ifdef CONFIG_FS_VERITY_BUILTIN_SIGNATURES > { > .procname = "require_signatures", > .data = &fsverity_require_signatures, > @@ -26,14 +24,11 @@ static struct ctl_table fsverity_sysctl_table[] = { > #endif > }; > > static void __init fsverity_init_sysctl(void) > { > - fsverity_sysctl_header = register_sysctl("fs/verity", > - fsverity_sysctl_table); > - if (!fsverity_sysctl_header) > - panic("fsverity sysctl registration failed"); > + register_sysctl_init("fs/verity", fsverity_sysctl_table); > } > #else /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */ > static inline void fsverity_init_sysctl(void) > { > } > > base-commit: 18daea77cca626f590fb140fc11e3a43c5d41354 > -- > 2.45.0 > LGTM Reviewed-by: Joel Granados <j.granados@xxxxxxxxxxx> -- Joel Granados
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