linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] usb: usbip: fix a refcount leak in stub

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Date:   Fri, 8 Apr 2022 09:59:32 +0800
From:   Hangyu Hua <hbh25y@...il.com>
To:     Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>,
        valentina.manea.m@...il.com, shuah@...nel.org,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, khoroshilov@...ras.ru
Cc:     linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] usb: usbip: fix a refcount leak in stub_probe()

Hi Shuah,

I find this by code review. Do i really need to add this to commit log? 
This look like a little weird.

Thanks

On 2022/4/8 00:31, Shuah Khan wrote:
> On 4/6/22 8:22 PM, Hangyu Hua wrote:
>> usb_get_dev() is called in stub_device_alloc(). When stub_probe() fails
>> after that, usb_put_dev() needs to be called to release the reference.
>>
>> Fix this by moving usb_put_dev() to sdev_free error path handling.
>>
>> Fixes: 3ff67445750a ("usbip: fix error handling in stub_probe()")
>> Signed-off-by: Hangyu Hua <hbh25y@...il.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
>> ---
>>
>> v2: add more description of this patch.
> 
> Still missing details on how this problem was found. Please add them
> to the commit log.
> 
> thanks,
> -- Shuah