Re: [PATCH] cachefiles: fix dentry leak in cachefiles_open_file()

[Baokun Li]

Hi David,

On 2024/8/29 0:14, David Howells wrote:
> Baokun Li <libaokun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > You couldn't do that anyway, since kernel_file_open() steals the caller's ref
> > > if successful.
> > Ignoring kernel_file_open(), we now put a reference count of the dentry
> > whether cachefiles_open_file() returns true or false.
> Actually, I'm wrong kernel_file_open() doesn't steal a ref.
>
> David
Thanks for confirming this.
I will send a new version using the new solution.


Cheers,
Baokun