linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] bcachefs: fix error path of __bch2_read

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Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:03:50 +0800
From: Hongbo Li <lihongbo22@...wei.com>
To: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...ux.dev>, Brian Foster
	<bfoster@...hat.com>
CC: <linux-bcachefs@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Chao Yu
	<chao@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] bcachefs: fix error path of __bch2_read_super()

This patch fixes the issue with memory reclamation in certain case. May 
be we should use it! 😉

On 2024/4/12 14:53, Hongbo Li wrote:
> Reviewed-by: Hongbo Li <lihongbo22@...wei.com>
> 
> On 2024/4/12 14:36, Chao Yu wrote:
>> In __bch2_read_super(), if kstrdup() fails, it needs to release memory
>> in sb->holder, fix to call bch2_free_super() in the error path.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>
>> ---
>> v2:
>> - add error message in error path pointed out by Hongbo Li.
>>   fs/bcachefs/super-io.c | 7 +++++--
>>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/super-io.c b/fs/bcachefs/super-io.c
>> index ad28e370b640..cc80d7d30b8c 100644
>> --- a/fs/bcachefs/super-io.c
>> +++ b/fs/bcachefs/super-io.c
>> @@ -698,8 +698,11 @@ static int __bch2_read_super(const char *path, 
>> struct bch_opts *opts,
>>           return -ENOMEM;
>>       sb->sb_name = kstrdup(path, GFP_KERNEL);
>> -    if (!sb->sb_name)
>> -        return -ENOMEM;
>> +    if (!sb->sb_name) {
>> +        ret = -ENOMEM;
>> +        prt_printf(&err, "error allocating memory for sb_name");
>> +        goto err;
>> +    }
>>   #ifndef __KERNEL__
>>       if (opt_get(*opts, direct_io) == false)
>