From 3036f5f5ae5210797d95446795df01c1249af9ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2023 15:19:56 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] trace/blktrace: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() [ Upstream commit 83e8864fee26f63a7435e941b7c36a20fd6fe93e ] 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: Jens Axboe Cc: Steven Rostedt Cc: Masami Hiramatsu Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230202141956.2299521-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- kernel/trace/blktrace.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c index a66cff5..a5b35bc 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c @@ -320,8 +320,8 @@ static void blk_trace_free(struct request_queue *q, struct blk_trace *bt) * under 'q->debugfs_dir', thus lookup and remove them. */ if (!bt->dir) { - debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup("dropped", q->debugfs_dir)); - debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup("msg", q->debugfs_dir)); + debugfs_lookup_and_remove("dropped", q->debugfs_dir); + debugfs_lookup_and_remove("msg", q->debugfs_dir); } else { debugfs_remove(bt->dir); } -- 2.7.4