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

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Date:	Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:36:44 +0400
From:	Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@...ras.ru>
To:	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>,
	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
Cc:	Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@...ras.ru>,
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ldv-project@...uxtesting.org
Subject: [PATCH] SUNRPC/cache: add module_put() on error path in cache_open()

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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