# \[PATCH AUTOSEL 4.19 10/10\] nilfs2: fix memory leak in nilfs\_sysfs\_delete\_snapshot\_group - From: Sasha Levin \ - Date: 2021-09-13 22:40:08 - List: stable - Page: https://ratatoskr.run/stable/2021/09/1507070 - Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/stable/2021/09/1507060/t.md ```text From: Nanyong Sun [ Upstream commit 17243e1c3072b8417a5ebfc53065d0a87af7ca77 ] kobject_put() should be used to cleanup the memory associated with the kobject instead of kobject_del(). See the section "Kobject removal" of "Documentation/core-api/kobject.rst". Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210629022556.3985106-7-sunnanyong@huawei.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1625651306-10829-7-git-send-email-konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Nanyong Sun Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c b/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c index 6c92ac314b06..28a2db3b1787 100644 --- a/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c +++ b/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c @@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ int nilfs_sysfs_create_snapshot_group(struct nilfs_root *root) void nilfs_sysfs_delete_snapshot_group(struct nilfs_root *root) { - kobject_del(&root->snapshot_kobj); + kobject_put(&root->snapshot_kobj); } /************************************************************************ -- 2.30.2 ```