misc: vmw_balloon: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()
authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 2 Feb 2023 14:11:00 +0000 (15:11 +0100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Wed, 8 Feb 2023 12:24:22 +0000 (13:24 +0100)
commit209cdbd07cfaa4b7385bad4eeb47e5ec1887d33d
treee181198db965894382518cd5544697c6f93f4491
parent1dc7e37bb0ec1c997fac82031332a38c7610352f
misc: vmw_balloon: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()

When calling debugfs_lookup() the result must have dput() called on it,
otherwise the memory will leak over time.  To make things simpler, just
call debugfs_lookup_and_remove() instead which handles all of the logic at
once.

Cc: Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
Cc: VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230202141100.2291188-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c