linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/6] afs: Fix missing put on afs_read objects and missing get on the key therein

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Date:   Wed, 08 Sep 2021 16:57:39 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@...istor.com>, dhowells@...hat.com,
        markus.suvanto@...il.com, Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@...istor.com>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/6] afs: Fix missing put on afs_read objects and missing get
 on the key therein

The afs_read objects created by afs_req_issue_op() get leaked because
afs_alloc_read() returns a ref and then afs_fetch_data() gets its own ref
which is released when the operation completes, but the initial ref is
never released.

Fix this by discarding the initial ref at the end of afs_req_issue_op().

This leak also covered another bug whereby a ref isn't got on the key
attached to the read record by afs_req_issue_op().  This isn't a problem as
long as the afs_read req never goes away...

Fix this by calling key_get() in afs_req_issue_op().

This was found by the generic/074 test.  It leaks a bunch of kmalloc-192
objects each time it is run, which can be observed by watching
/proc/slabinfo.

Fixes: f7605fa869cf ("afs: Fix leak of afs_read objects")
Reported-by: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@...istor.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
cc: linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163010394740.3035676.8516846193899793357.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/
---

 fs/afs/file.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/afs/file.c b/fs/afs/file.c
index db035ae2a134..6688fff14b0b 100644
--- a/fs/afs/file.c
+++ b/fs/afs/file.c
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ static void afs_req_issue_op(struct netfs_read_subrequest *subreq)
 	fsreq->subreq	= subreq;
 	fsreq->pos	= subreq->start + subreq->transferred;
 	fsreq->len	= subreq->len   - subreq->transferred;
-	fsreq->key	= subreq->rreq->netfs_priv;
+	fsreq->key	= key_get(subreq->rreq->netfs_priv);
 	fsreq->vnode	= vnode;
 	fsreq->iter	= &fsreq->def_iter;

@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ static void afs_req_issue_op(struct netfs_read_subrequest *subreq)
 			fsreq->pos, fsreq->len);

 	afs_fetch_data(fsreq->vnode, fsreq);
+	afs_put_read(fsreq);
 }

 static int afs_symlink_readpage(struct page *page)