Re: [PATCH] cpuidle: Fix several reference count leaks.

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 8:21 PM <wu000273@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Qiushi Wu <wu000273@xxxxxxx>
>
> kobject_init_and_add() takes reference even when it fails.
> If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to
> properly clean up the memory associated with the object. Previous
> commit "b8eb718348b8" fixed a similar problem.
>
> Signed-off-by: Qiushi Wu <wu000273@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/cpuidle/sysfs.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/sysfs.c b/drivers/cpuidle/sysfs.c
> index cdeedbf02646..55107565b319 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpuidle/sysfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpuidle/sysfs.c
> @@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ static int cpuidle_add_state_sysfs(struct cpuidle_device *device)
>                 ret = kobject_init_and_add(&kobj->kobj, &ktype_state_cpuidle,
>                                            &kdev->kobj, "state%d", i);
>                 if (ret) {
> -                       kfree(kobj);
> +                       kobject_put(&kobj->kobj);
>                         goto error_state;
>                 }
>                 cpuidle_add_s2idle_attr_group(kobj);
> @@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ static int cpuidle_add_driver_sysfs(struct cpuidle_device *dev)
>         ret = kobject_init_and_add(&kdrv->kobj, &ktype_driver_cpuidle,
>                                    &kdev->kobj, "driver");
>         if (ret) {
> -               kfree(kdrv);
> +               kobject_put(&kdrv->kobj);
>                 return ret;
>         }
>
> @@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ int cpuidle_add_sysfs(struct cpuidle_device *dev)
>         error = kobject_init_and_add(&kdev->kobj, &ktype_cpuidle, &cpu_dev->kobj,
>                                    "cpuidle");
>         if (error) {
> -               kfree(kdev);
> +               kobject_put(&kdev->kobj);
>                 return error;
>         }
>
> --

Applied as 5.8 material, thanks!