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SubjectRe: [PATCH v1 1/1] KVM: add missing kvm_put_kvm in case of failure
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On 27/06/2017 15:34, Al Viro wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 01:57:16PM +0200, Claudio Imbrenda wrote:
>> If I'm not missing anything, in case kvm_create_vm_debugfs fails, we
>> will have a memory leak due to not freeing the kvm object.
>>
>> A call to kvm_put_kvm was accidentally removed from an error handling in
>> commit 506cfba9e726 ("KVM: don't use anon_inode_getfd() before possible failures")
>>
>> This patch simply restores the call to kvm_put_kvm, so that the kvm
>> object is destroyed before returning an error.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> Fixes: 506cfba9e726 ("KVM: don't use anon_inode_getfd() before possible failures")
>
> What you are missing is that by that point we have file->f_op already
> set, with ->release() being kvm_vm_release(). It will be called by
> final fput(), and that's what will do your "missing" kvm_put_kvm().
>
> IOW, NAK - removal was not accidental and you've just introduced
> double-put there.

Better add a comment, I'll reuse your wording. Thanks.

Paolo

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