Re: [PATCH v3] binderfs: free minor on binder-control creation failure

[Carlos Llamas]

On Tue, Aug 11, 2026 at 09:05:34AM +0800, Chao Huang wrote:
> From: Chao Huang <huangchao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Both binderfs_binder_ctl_create() implementations allocate a minor before
> creating the binder-control dentry. If d_alloc_name() fails, the error path
> frees the device and drops the inode, but leaves the minor allocated in
> binderfs_minors. Repeated failures can therefore exhaust the global minor
> IDA.
> 
> Release the minor from a dedicated error path after a successful allocation
> in both implementations.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chao Huang <huangchao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - Use a dedicated out_with_minor error path instead of an -ENOSPC sentinel.
> 
>  drivers/android/binder/rust_binderfs.c | 7 ++++++-
>  drivers/android/binderfs.c             | 7 ++++++-
>  2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/android/binder/rust_binderfs.c b/drivers/android/binder/rust_binderfs.c
> index ade1c4d92499..0763e3db54bd 100644
> --- a/drivers/android/binder/rust_binderfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/android/binder/rust_binderfs.c
> @@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ static int binderfs_binder_ctl_create(struct super_block *sb)
>  
>  	dentry = d_alloc_name(root, "binder-control");
>  	if (!dentry)
> -		goto out;
> +		goto out_with_minor;
>  
>  	inode->i_private = device;
>  	info->control_dentry = dentry;
> @@ -430,6 +430,11 @@ static int binderfs_binder_ctl_create(struct super_block *sb)
>  
>  	return 0;
>  
> +out_with_minor:
> +	mutex_lock(&binderfs_minors_mutex);
> +	ida_free(&binderfs_minors, minor);
> +	mutex_unlock(&binderfs_minors_mutex);
> +
>  out:
>  	kfree(device);
>  	iput(inode);
> diff --git a/drivers/android/binderfs.c b/drivers/android/binderfs.c
> index 361d69f756f5..0e96146ecf69 100644
> --- a/drivers/android/binderfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/android/binderfs.c
> @@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ static int binderfs_binder_ctl_create(struct super_block *sb)
>  
>  	dentry = d_alloc_name(root, "binder-control");
>  	if (!dentry)
> -		goto out;
> +		goto out_with_minor;
>  
>  	inode->i_private = device;
>  	info->control_dentry = dentry;
> @@ -440,6 +440,11 @@ static int binderfs_binder_ctl_create(struct super_block *sb)
>  
>  	return 0;
>  
> +out_with_minor:
> +	mutex_lock(&binderfs_minors_mutex);
> +	ida_free(&binderfs_minors, minor);
> +	mutex_unlock(&binderfs_minors_mutex);
> +
>  out:
>  	kfree(device);
>  	iput(inode);
> 
> base-commit: c21bb4193868a8de71fc4693fa741e195fdf5d86
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 

LGTM,

Acked-by: Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@xxxxxxxxxx>