linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: snic: fix memory leak with using debugfs

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Message-Id: <167639371120.486235.16718699518610367058.b4-ty@oracle.com>
Date:   Tue, 14 Feb 2023 11:57:29 -0500
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Karan Tilak Kumar <kartilak@...co.com>,
        Sesidhar Baddela <sebaddel@...co.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: snic: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()

On Thu, 02 Feb 2023 15:10:09 +0100, 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.
> 
> 

Applied to 6.3/scsi-queue, thanks!

[1/1] scsi: snic: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()
      https://git.kernel.org/mkp/scsi/c/ad0e4e2fab92

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering