[patch 113/118] x86: fix seq_file iteration for pat/memtype.c
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date: 2021-02-26 01:22:34
Also in:
linux-mm, mm-commits
From: NeilBrown <redacted>
Subject: x86: fix seq_file iteration for pat/memtype.c
The memtype seq_file iterator allocates a buffer in the ->start and ->next
functions and frees it in the ->show function. The preferred handling for
such resources is to free them in the subsequent ->next or ->stop function
call.
Since Commit 1f4aace60b0e ("fs/seq_file.c: simplify seq_file iteration
code and interface") there is no guarantee that ->show will be called
after ->next, so this function can now leak memory.
So move the freeing of the buffer to ->next and ->stop.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/161248539022.21478.13874455485854739066.stgit@noble1
Fixes: 1f4aace60b0e ("fs/seq_file.c: simplify seq_file iteration code and interface")
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <redacted>
Cc: Xin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@gmail.com>
Cc: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Vlad Yasevich <redacted>
Cc: <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
arch/x86/mm/pat/memtype.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat/memtype.c~x86-fix-seq_file-iteration-for-pat-memtypec
+++ a/arch/x86/mm/pat/memtype.c@@ -1164,12 +1164,14 @@ static void *memtype_seq_start(struct se static void *memtype_seq_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *v, loff_t *pos) { + kfree(v); ++*pos; return memtype_get_idx(*pos); } static void memtype_seq_stop(struct seq_file *seq, void *v) { + kfree(v); } static int memtype_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
@@ -1181,8 +1183,6 @@ static int memtype_seq_show(struct seq_f entry_print->end, cattr_name(entry_print->type)); - kfree(entry_print); - return 0; }
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