Thread (3 messages) 3 messages, 3 authors, 2022-01-21

Re: [PATCH] block: fix memory leak in disk_register_independent_access_ranges

From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Date: 2022-01-21 17:48:59
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On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 10:10:25 +0000, Miaoqian Lin wrote:
kobject_init_and_add() takes reference even when it fails.
According to the doc of kobject_init_and_add()

   If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to
   properly clean up the memory associated with the object.

Fix this issue by adding kobject_put().
Callback function blk_ia_ranges_sysfs_release() in kobject_put()
can handle the pointer "iars" properly.

[...]
Applied, thanks!

[1/1] block: fix memory leak in disk_register_independent_access_ranges
      commit: c321e650a45c4228cce1107680ac74e06f014906

Best regards,
-- 
Jens Axboe

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