linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/4] autofs4 - fix dentry leak in autofs4_expire

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Date:	Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:57:13 +0800
From:	Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] autofs4 - fix dentry leak in autofs4_expire_direct()

There is a missing dput() when returning from autofs4_expire_direct()
when we see that the dentry is already a pending mount.

Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>
---

 fs/autofs4/expire.c |    7 +++----
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/autofs4/expire.c b/fs/autofs4/expire.c
index c896dd6..c403abc 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/expire.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/expire.c
@@ -290,10 +290,8 @@ struct dentry *autofs4_expire_direct(struct super_block *sb,
 	spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 	ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(root);
 	/* No point expiring a pending mount */
-	if (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_PENDING) {
-		spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
-		return NULL;
-	}
+	if (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_PENDING)
+		goto out;
 	if (!autofs4_direct_busy(mnt, root, timeout, do_now)) {
 		struct autofs_info *ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(root);
 		ino->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING;
@@ -301,6 +299,7 @@ struct dentry *autofs4_expire_direct(struct super_block *sb,
 		spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 		return root;
 	}
+out:
 	spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 	dput(root);
 

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