[PATCH 4/5] pstore: inode: Use __free(iput) for inode allocations

From: Kees Cook
Date: Sat Dec 02 2023 - 16:22:36 EST


Simplify error path for failures where "inode" needs to be freed.

Cc: "Guilherme G. Piccoli" <gpiccoli@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/pstore/inode.c | 8 +++-----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/pstore/inode.c b/fs/pstore/inode.c
index 0d89e0014b6f..20a88e34ea7c 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/inode.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/inode.c
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ int pstore_put_backend_records(struct pstore_info *psi)
int pstore_mkfile(struct dentry *root, struct pstore_record *record)
{
struct dentry *dentry;
- struct inode *inode;
+ struct inode *inode __free(iput) = NULL;
int rc = 0;
char name[PSTORE_NAMELEN];
struct pstore_private *private, *pos;
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ int pstore_mkfile(struct dentry *root, struct pstore_record *record)

private = kzalloc(sizeof(*private), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!private)
- goto fail_inode;
+ return -ENOMEM;

dentry = d_alloc_name(root, name);
if (!dentry)
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ int pstore_mkfile(struct dentry *root, struct pstore_record *record)
inode_set_mtime_to_ts(inode,
inode_set_ctime_to_ts(inode, record->time));

- d_add(dentry, inode);
+ d_add(dentry, no_free_ptr(inode));

list_add(&private->list, &records_list);

@@ -392,8 +392,6 @@ int pstore_mkfile(struct dentry *root, struct pstore_record *record)

fail_private:
free_pstore_private(private);
-fail_inode:
- iput(inode);
return rc;
}

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