Re: [PATCH] kernel/printk/index.c: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 11:16:17AM +0100, Petr Mladek wrote:
> On Thu 2023-02-02 16:14:11, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > 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: Chris Down <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: John Ogness <john.ogness@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> JFYI, the patch has been committed into printk/linux.git, branch for-6.3.

Wonderful, thank you!

greg k-h