[PATCH 6.1 0914/1191] hugetlbfs: release subpool on fill_super failure

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Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Date
2026-09-12 16:37:12
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Greg Kroah-Hartman, 2026-09-12
6.1-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Yichong Chen <redacted>

[ Upstream commit 308ab73e97c87bd0e142b11758faab7f88d82854 ]

hugetlbfs_fill_super() allocates a hugepage subpool when size or min_size
mount options are specified.  hugepage_new_subpool() may also reserve huge
pages for min_size.

If root dentry creation fails after the subpool is created, the failure
path frees the subpool with kfree().  This bypasses hugepage_put_subpool()
and can leave min_size reservations charged.

Use hugepage_put_subpool() on the failure path, matching the normal
put_super path.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260720021900.1376309-1-chenyichong@uniontech.com (local)
Fixes: 7ca02d0ae586 ("hugetlbfs: accept subpool min_size mount option and setup accordingly")
Signed-off-by: Yichong Chen <redacted>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
Cc: Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>
Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 7f521311e3f09..3faad73c74ab2 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -1513,7 +1513,8 @@ hugetlbfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
 		goto out_free;
 	return 0;
 out_free:
-	kfree(sbinfo->spool);
+	if (sbinfo->spool)
+		hugepage_put_subpool(sbinfo->spool);
 	kfree(sbinfo);
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
-- 
2.53.0


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