Re: [PATCH] mm/shrinker_debug: Fix possible memory leak in shrinker_debugfs_rename function.

[Muchun Song]

> On Mar 5, 2025, at 10:01, Liu Ye <liuye@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> After calling debugfs_change_name function, the return value should be
> checked and the old name restored. If debugfs_change_name fails, the new
> name memory should be freed.

Seems it is not a big problem, no memory leak at least. The effect is that
the shrinker->name is not consistent with the name displayed in debugfs.
Right? But the improvement LGTM. So:

Reviewed-by: Muchun Song <muchun.song@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Liu Ye <liuye@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/shrinker_debug.c | 8 ++++++--
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/shrinker_debug.c b/mm/shrinker_debug.c
> index 794bd433cce0..20eaee3e97f7 100644
> --- a/mm/shrinker_debug.c
> +++ b/mm/shrinker_debug.c
> @@ -214,10 +214,14 @@ int shrinker_debugfs_rename(struct shrinker *shrinker, const char *fmt, ...)
> ret = debugfs_change_name(shrinker->debugfs_entry, "%s-%d",
> shrinker->name, shrinker->debugfs_id);
> 
> + 	if (ret) {
> + 		shrinker->name = old;
> + 		kfree_const(new);
> + 	} else {
> + 		kfree_const(old);
> + 	}
> 	mutex_unlock(&shrinker_mutex);
> 
> - 	kfree_const(old);
> -
> 	return ret;
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(shrinker_debugfs_rename);
> -- 
> 2.25.1
>