[PATCH 1/8] securityfs: don't pin dentries twice, once is enough...
From: Al Viro
Date: Thu May 08 2025 - 23:38:01 EST
incidentally, securityfs_recursive_remove() is broken without that -
it leaks dentries, since simple_recursive_removal() does not expect
anything of that sort. It could be worked around by dput() in
remove_one() callback, but it's easier to just drop that double-get
stuff.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
security/inode.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/security/inode.c b/security/inode.c
index da3ab44c8e57..58cc60c50498 100644
--- a/security/inode.c
+++ b/security/inode.c
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ static struct dentry *securityfs_create_dentry(const char *name, umode_t mode,
inode->i_fop = fops;
}
d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
- dget(dentry);
inode_unlock(dir);
return dentry;
@@ -306,7 +305,6 @@ void securityfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry)
simple_rmdir(dir, dentry);
else
simple_unlink(dir, dentry);
- dput(dentry);
}
inode_unlock(dir);
simple_release_fs(&mount, &mount_count);
--
2.39.5