Re: [PATCH] configfs: fix memleak in configfs_release_bin_file

[Christoph Hellwig]

Hmm.  The issue looks real, but I think we should just call the vfree
unconditionally given that the buffer structure is zeroed on allocation
and freed just after, and also remove the pointless clearing of all the
flags.  Does something like this work for you?

diff --git a/fs/configfs/file.c b/fs/configfs/file.c
index 53913b84383a..1ab6afb84f04 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/file.c
@@ -393,11 +393,8 @@ static int configfs_release_bin_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	struct configfs_buffer *buffer = file->private_data;
 
-	buffer->read_in_progress = false;
-
 	if (buffer->write_in_progress) {
 		struct configfs_fragment *frag = to_frag(file);
-		buffer->write_in_progress = false;
 
 		down_read(&frag->frag_sem);
 		if (!frag->frag_dead) {
@@ -407,13 +404,9 @@ static int configfs_release_bin_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 					buffer->bin_buffer_size);
 		}
 		up_read(&frag->frag_sem);
-		/* vfree on NULL is safe */
-		vfree(buffer->bin_buffer);
-		buffer->bin_buffer = NULL;
-		buffer->bin_buffer_size = 0;
-		buffer->needs_read_fill = 1;
 	}
 
+	vfree(buffer->bin_buffer);
 	configfs_release(inode, file);
 	return 0;
 }