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

From: Muchun Song
Date: Wed Mar 05 2025 - 01:46:57 EST




> On Mar 5, 2025, at 14:10, liuye <liuye@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> 在 2025/3/5 11:26, Qi Zheng 写道:
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>> On 3/5/25 11:17 AM, Muchun Song wrote:
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>>>> 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:
>>
>> Right, so the subject needs to be changed.
>>
>> Maybe:
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>> mm: shrinker: fix name consistency issue in shrinker_debugfs_rename()
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>> ?
> I will send a new patch using this subject later.

Please update the commit message as well to include the effect.

> And add Reviewed-by:Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ?
>
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>> BTW, it seems that the callers of shrinker_debugfs_rename() did not
>> process the return value of the function?
>
> Yes, At the same time, I also found that many positions using
> debugfs_change_name did not determine the return value.
>
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>>>
>>> Reviewed-by: Muchun Song <muchun.song@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> Thanks.
> 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
>>>>
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