linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] SUNRPC/cache: add module_put() on error path in cache

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Date:	Wed, 3 Apr 2013 15:32:53 -0400
From:	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>
To:	Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@...ras.ru>
Cc:	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>,
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ldv-project@...uxtesting.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SUNRPC/cache: add module_put() on error path in
 cache_open()

Thanks, applying.--b.

On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 12:36:44AM +0400, Alexey Khoroshilov wrote:
> If kmalloc() fails in cache_open(), module cd->owner left locked.
> The patch adds module_put(cd->owner) on this path.
> 
> Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@...ras.ru>
> ---
>  net/sunrpc/cache.c |    4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/sunrpc/cache.c b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
> index 25d58e76..1d3c514 100644
> --- a/net/sunrpc/cache.c
> +++ b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
> @@ -986,8 +986,10 @@ static int cache_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
>  	nonseekable_open(inode, filp);
>  	if (filp->f_mode & FMODE_READ) {
>  		rp = kmalloc(sizeof(*rp), GFP_KERNEL);
> -		if (!rp)
> +		if (!rp) {
> +			module_put(cd->owner);
>  			return -ENOMEM;
> +		}
>  		rp->offset = 0;
>  		rp->q.reader = 1;
>  		atomic_inc(&cd->readers);
> -- 
> 1.7.9.5
> 
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