netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/3] net-sysfs: Fix error path for kobject_init_and

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Message-ID: <20190430084501.GF11737@kroah.com>
Date:   Tue, 30 Apr 2019 10:45:01 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     "Tobin C. Harding" <tobin@...nel.org>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@...onical.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>,
        Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Wang Hai <wanghai26@...wei.com>,
        YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>,
        Amritha Nambiar <amritha.nambiar@...el.com>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] net-sysfs: Fix error path for kobject_init_and_add()

On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 10:28:17AM +1000, Tobin C. Harding wrote:
> Currently error return from kobject_init_and_add() is not followed by a
> call to kobject_put().  This means there is a memory leak.
> 
> Add call to kobject_put() in error path of kobject_init_and_add().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <tobin@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>