linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tracing: Fix memory leak in tracing_err_log

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Date:   Thu, 27 Jun 2019 21:07:07 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Takeshi Misawa <jeliantsurux@...il.com>
Cc:     Tom Zanussi <zanussi@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tracing: Fix memory leak in tracing_err_log_open()

On Thu, 27 Jun 2019 21:02:31 -0400
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:

> > +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
> > @@ -7126,12 +7126,24 @@ static ssize_t tracing_err_log_write(struct file *file,
> >  	return count;
> >  }
> >  
> > +static int tracing_err_log_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> > +{
> > +	struct trace_array *tr = inode->i_private;
> > +
> > +	trace_array_put(tr);
> > +
> > +	if (file->private_data)

Actually, I think it is safer to have the condition be:

	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ)

As that would match the open.

Takeshi,

Can you send a v2?

Thanks!

-- Steve

> > +		seq_release(inode, file);
> > +
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> > +