[PATCH v2] mtd: spi-nor: fix memory leak when using debugfs_lookup()

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

When calling debugfs_lookup() the result must have dput() called on it,
otherwise the memory will leak over time.

Cc: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael Walle <michael@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx>
Cc: Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@xxxxxx>
Cc: linux-mtd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: fix up to work when module is removed and added, making the fix
    much simpler.

 drivers/mtd/spi-nor/debugfs.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/debugfs.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/debugfs.c
index ff895f6758ea..af41fbc09a97 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/debugfs.c
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ void spi_nor_debugfs_register(struct spi_nor *nor)
 
 	d = debugfs_create_dir(dev_name(nor->dev), rootdir);
 	nor->debugfs_root = d;
+	dput(rootdir);
 
 	debugfs_create_file("params", 0444, d, nor, &spi_nor_params_fops);
 	debugfs_create_file("capabilities", 0444, d, nor,
-- 
2.39.1