linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] livepatch: Fix leak on klp_init_patch

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Date:   Tue, 14 Dec 2021 10:26:58 -0800
From:   David Vernet <void@...ifault.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        live-patching@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        jpoimboe@...hat.com, jikos@...nel.org, mbenes@...e.cz,
        joe.lawrence@...hat.com, corbet@....net, yhs@...com,
        songliubraving@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] livepatch: Fix leak on klp_init_patch_early failure path

Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote on Tue [2021-Dec-14 16:52:41 +0100]:
> You are FORCED TO call kobject_put() after kobject_init() is called.
> Anything else is a bug.

Ack, thanks for confirming, Greg. I'll send out a v2 of the patch that fixes the
leak and addresses the issue that Josh identified.

- David