Re: [PATCH 1/7] tracing: instance_rmdir() leaks ftrace_event_file->filter

[Steven Rostedt]

On Fri, 11 Jul 2014 21:06:38 +0200
Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> instance_rmdir() path destroys the event files but forgets to free
> file->filter. Change remove_event_file_dir() to free_event_filter().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  kernel/trace/trace_events.c |    1 +
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
> index fdb2271..735608e 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
> @@ -470,6 +470,7 @@ static void remove_event_file_dir(struct ftrace_event_file *file)
>  
>  	list_del(&file->list);
>  	remove_subsystem(file->system);
> +	free_event_filter(file->filter);
>  	kmem_cache_free(file_cachep, file);
>  }
>  

Thanks, looks like this goes back to 3.11. I'll start testing this and
get it out for stable as well.

-- Steve
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