Re: [PATCH] ocfs2: Fix error path kobject memory leak

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon May 13 2019 - 03:16:26 EST


On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 01:34:58PM +1000, Tobin C. Harding wrote:
> If a call to kobject_init_and_add() fails we should call kobject_put()
> otherwise we leak memory.
>
> Add call to kobject_put() in the error path of call to
> kobject_init_and_add(). Please note, this has the side effect that
> the release method is called if kobject_init_and_add() fails.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <tobin@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>