[PATCH 2/2] drivers: base: dd: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu Feb 02 2023 - 09:16:30 EST


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: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/dd.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index 817ef27a78f7..8def2ba08a82 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ late_initcall(deferred_probe_initcall);

static void __exit deferred_probe_exit(void)
{
- debugfs_remove_recursive(debugfs_lookup("devices_deferred", NULL));
+ debugfs_lookup_and_remove("devices_deferred", NULL);
}
__exitcall(deferred_probe_exit);

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