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Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2023 16:45:24 -0500
From: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>, tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.15 43/50] kernel/time/test_udelay.c: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
[ Upstream commit 5f5139974c2030e0937d3ae01f17da1238281f11 ]
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.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230202151214.2306822-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
kernel/time/test_udelay.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/time/test_udelay.c b/kernel/time/test_udelay.c
index 13b11eb62685e..20d5df631570e 100644
--- a/kernel/time/test_udelay.c
+++ b/kernel/time/test_udelay.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ module_init(udelay_test_init);
static void __exit udelay_test_exit(void)
{
mutex_lock(&udelay_test_lock);
- debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup(DEBUGFS_FILENAME, NULL));
+ debugfs_lookup_and_remove(DEBUGFS_FILENAME, NULL);
mutex_unlock(&udelay_test_lock);
}
--
2.39.2
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