[tip:,timers/core] time/debug: Fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()

Message ID 167597020257.4906.14385983132728643575.tip-bot2@tip-bot2
State New
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Series [tip:,timers/core] time/debug: Fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() |

Commit Message

tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner Feb. 9, 2023, 7:16 p.m. UTC
  The following commit has been merged into the timers/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     5b268d8abaec6cbd4bd70d062e769098d96670aa
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/5b268d8abaec6cbd4bd70d062e769098d96670aa
Author:        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
AuthorDate:    Thu, 02 Feb 2023 16:12:14 +01:00
Committer:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
CommitterDate: Thu, 09 Feb 2023 20:12:27 +01:00

time/debug: Fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()

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.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230202151214.2306822-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org

---
 kernel/time/test_udelay.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
  

Patch

diff --git a/kernel/time/test_udelay.c b/kernel/time/test_udelay.c
index 13b11eb..20d5df6 100644
--- a/kernel/time/test_udelay.c
+++ b/kernel/time/test_udelay.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@  module_init(udelay_test_init);
 static void __exit udelay_test_exit(void)
 {
 	mutex_lock(&udelay_test_lock);
-	debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup(DEBUGFS_FILENAME, NULL));
+	debugfs_lookup_and_remove(DEBUGFS_FILENAME, NULL);
 	mutex_unlock(&udelay_test_lock);
 }