Re: [PATCH 01/13] USB: chipidea: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()
From: Peter Chen
Date: Fri Feb 10 2023 - 03:51:29 EST
On 23-02-02 16:32:23, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> When calling debugfs_lookup() the result must have dput() called on it,
> otherwise the memory will leak over time. To make things simpler, just
> call debugfs_lookup_and_remove() instead which handles all of the logic
> at once.
>
> Cc: Peter Chen <peter.chen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Peter Chen <peter.chen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/usb/chipidea/debug.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/chipidea/debug.c b/drivers/usb/chipidea/debug.c
> index faf6b078b6c4..bbc610e5bd69 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/chipidea/debug.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/chipidea/debug.c
> @@ -364,5 +364,5 @@ void dbg_create_files(struct ci_hdrc *ci)
> */
> void dbg_remove_files(struct ci_hdrc *ci)
> {
> - debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup(dev_name(ci->dev), usb_debug_root));
> + debugfs_lookup_and_remove(dev_name(ci->dev), usb_debug_root);
> }
> --
> 2.39.1
>
--
Thanks,
Peter Chen