[PATCH v2 3/4] pstore: inode: Use __free(pstore_iput) for inode allocations

From: Kees Cook
Date: Tue Dec 05 2023 - 13:26:39 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 | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/pstore/inode.c b/fs/pstore/inode.c
index 0d89e0014b6f..a27764341079 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/inode.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/inode.c
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ static LIST_HEAD(records_list);
static DEFINE_MUTEX(pstore_sb_lock);
static struct super_block *pstore_sb;

+DEFINE_FREE(pstore_iput, struct inode *, if (_T) iput(_T))
+
struct pstore_private {
struct list_head list;
struct dentry *dentry;
@@ -337,7 +339,7 @@ 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(pstore_iput) = NULL;
int rc = 0;
char name[PSTORE_NAMELEN];
struct pstore_private *private, *pos;
@@ -369,7 +371,7 @@ 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 +386,7 @@ 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 +394,6 @@ int pstore_mkfile(struct dentry *root, struct pstore_record *record)

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

--
2.34.1