linux-kernel - Re: [2.6.31] Memory leak in load

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Date:	Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:00:22 +0930
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Subject: Re: [2.6.31] Memory leak in load_module()?

On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:08:46 pm Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> Is this real memory leak?

Yep.

God, this code is a turd.  This should fix it though:

diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -1907,6 +1924,17 @@ static void setup_modinfo(struct module 
 	}
 }
 
+static void free_modinfo(struct module *mod)
+{
+	struct module_attribute *attr;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; (attr = modinfo_attrs[i]); i++) {
+		if (attr->free)
+			attr->free(mod);
+	}
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_KALLSYMS
 
 /* lookup symbol in given range of kernel_symbols */
@@ -2632,6 +2662,7 @@ static noinline struct module *load_modu
 	synchronize_sched();
 	module_arch_cleanup(mod);
  cleanup:
+	free_modinfo(mod);
 	kobject_del(&mod->mkobj.kobj);
 	kobject_put(&mod->mkobj.kobj);
  free_unload:
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