[PATCH] mm/slub: release kobject if kobject_init_and_add failed in sysfs_slab_add

From: Xin Hao
Date: Wed Aug 10 2022 - 22:53:10 EST


In kobject_init_and_add() function, the refcount is setted by calling
kobject_init() function, regardless of whether the return value is zero
or not, therefore, we must call kobject_del(&s->kobj) to prevent memory
of s->kobj is leaked.

Signed-off-by: Xin Hao <xhao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/slub.c | 7 +++----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index b1281b8654bd..63b0a8a3a71f 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -5981,19 +5981,18 @@ static int sysfs_slab_add(struct kmem_cache *s)

err = sysfs_create_group(&s->kobj, &slab_attr_group);
if (err)
- goto out_del_kobj;
+ goto out;

if (!unmergeable) {
/* Setup first alias */
sysfs_slab_alias(s, s->name);
}
+ return err;
out:
if (!unmergeable)
kfree(name);
- return err;
-out_del_kobj:
kobject_del(&s->kobj);
- goto out;
+ return err;
}

void sysfs_slab_unlink(struct kmem_cache *s)
--
2.31.0