linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/6] nilfs2: fix memory leak in nilfs_sysfs_create_##name##

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Message-ID: <20210629022556.3985106-4-sunnanyong@huawei.com>
Date:   Tue, 29 Jun 2021 10:25:53 +0800
From:   Nanyong Sun <sunnanyong@...wei.com>
To:     <konishi.ryusuke@...il.com>
CC:     <linux-nilfs@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <sunnanyong@...wei.com>, <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] nilfs2: fix memory leak in nilfs_sysfs_create_##name##_group

If kobject_init_and_add return with error, kobject_put() is needed
here to avoid memory leak, because kobject_init_and_add may return
error without freeing the memory associated with the kobject it allocated.

Signed-off-by: Nanyong Sun <sunnanyong@...wei.com>
---
 fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c b/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c
index ec85ac53720d..6305e4ef7e39 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ static int nilfs_sysfs_create_##name##_group(struct the_nilfs *nilfs) \
 	err = kobject_init_and_add(kobj, &nilfs_##name##_ktype, parent, \
 				    #name); \
 	if (err) \
-		return err; \
-	return 0; \
+		kobject_put(kobj); \
+	return err; \
 } \
 static void nilfs_sysfs_delete_##name##_group(struct the_nilfs *nilfs) \
 { \
-- 
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