linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/slub: fix memory leak with using debugfs

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Date:   Mon, 6 Feb 2023 16:36:36 +0100
From:   Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc:     Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>,
        Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/slub: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()

On 2/2/23 15:20, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> When calling debugfs_lookup() the result must have dput() called on it,
> otherwise the memory will leak over time.  To make things simpler, just
> call debugfs_lookup_and_remove() instead which handles all of the logic
> at once.
> 
> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
> Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
> Cc: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>
> Cc: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@...il.com>
> Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

Thanks, added to slab/for-6.3/fixes

> ---
>  mm/slub.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
> index 13459c69095a..4880e461fcc5 100644
> --- a/mm/slub.c
> +++ b/mm/slub.c
> @@ -6449,7 +6449,7 @@ static void debugfs_slab_add(struct kmem_cache *s)
>  
>  void debugfs_slab_release(struct kmem_cache *s)
>  {
> -	debugfs_remove_recursive(debugfs_lookup(s->name, slab_debugfs_root));
> +	debugfs_lookup_and_remove(s->name, slab_debugfs_root);
>  }
>  
>  static int __init slab_debugfs_init(void)