linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] bonding: Fix reference count leak in bond_sysfs_slave

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Message-Id: <20200528.110855.1734440342981569253.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Thu, 28 May 2020 11:08:55 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     wu000273@....edu
Cc:     kjlu@....edu, j.vosburgh@...il.com, vfalico@...il.com,
        andy@...yhouse.net, kuba@...nel.org, sfeldma@...ulusnetworks.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bonding: Fix reference count leak in
 bond_sysfs_slave_add.

From: wu000273@....edu
Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 22:10:29 -0500

> From: Qiushi Wu <wu000273@....edu>
> 
> kobject_init_and_add() takes reference even when it fails.
> If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to
> properly clean up the memory associated with the object. Previous
> commit "b8eb718348b8" fixed a similar problem.
> 
> Fixes: 07699f9a7c8d ("bonding: add sysfs /slave dir for bond slave devices.")
> Signed-off-by: Qiushi Wu <wu000273@....edu>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.