[PATCH] KVM: Remove kvm_debugfs_dir on kvm_init() error paths
From: leixiang
Date: Mon Jul 06 2026 - 06:52:05 EST
kvm_init_debug() runs before several steps that can fail
(kvm_vfio_ops_init(), kvm_gmem_init(), kvm_init_virtualization() and
misc_register()), but none of the corresponding error labels remove the
"kvm" debugfs directory. Any failure after kvm_init_debug() therefore
leaks the directory and its stat files for the lifetime of the boot.
kvm_exit() already calls debugfs_remove_recursive(kvm_debugfs_dir); add
the same at the err_vfio label, whose fall-through covers every path
taken after kvm_init_debug().
Fixes: 2b0128127373 ("KVM: Register /dev/kvm as the _very_ last thing during initialization")
Signed-off-by: leixiang <leixiang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index e44c20c04961..d4420ebfd972 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -6559,6 +6559,7 @@ int kvm_init(unsigned vcpu_size, unsigned vcpu_align, struct module *module)
err_gmem:
kvm_vfio_ops_exit();
err_vfio:
+ debugfs_remove_recursive(kvm_debugfs_dir);
kvm_async_pf_deinit();
err_async_pf:
kvm_irqfd_exit();
--
2.43.0