Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Nanyong Sun <> | Subject | [PATCH 5/6] nilfs2: fix memory leak in nilfs_sysfs_create_snapshot_group | Date | Tue, 29 Jun 2021 10:25:55 +0800 |
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If kobject_init_and_add returns with error, kobject_put() is needed here to avoid memory leak, because kobject_init_and_add may return error without freeing the memory associated with the kobject it allocated.
Signed-off-by: Nanyong Sun <sunnanyong@huawei.com> --- fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c b/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c index d989e6500bd7..5ba87573ad3b 100644 --- a/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c +++ b/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c @@ -195,9 +195,9 @@ int nilfs_sysfs_create_snapshot_group(struct nilfs_root *root) } if (err) - return err; + kobject_put(&root->snapshot_kobj); - return 0; + return err; } void nilfs_sysfs_delete_snapshot_group(struct nilfs_root *root) -- 2.18.0.huawei.25
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