linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ppc: iommu: fix memory leak with using debugfs

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Date:   Wed, 15 Feb 2023 23:40:27 +1100
From:   Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@...erman.id.au>
To:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@...abs.ru>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ppc: iommu: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()

On Thu, 2 Feb 2023 15:19:19 +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 powerpc/next.

[1/1] ppc: iommu: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/b505063910c134778202dfad9332dfcecb76bab3

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