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Date:   Fri, 30 Oct 2020 09:27:21 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Qian Cai <cai@...hat.com>
Cc:     Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] fs: Fix memory leaks in do_renameat2() error paths

On 10/30/20 9:24 AM, Qian Cai wrote:
> We will need to call putname() before do_renameat2() returning -EINVAL
> to avoid memory leaks.

Thanks, should mention that this isn't final by any stretch (which is
why it hasn't been posted yet), just pushed out for some exposure.

-- 
Jens Axboe