[PATCH v2] btrfs: tests: Fix memory leak in btrfs_test_qgroups()

From: Zilin Guan
Date: Fri Dec 26 2025 - 06:30:48 EST


If btrfs_insert_fs_root() fails, the tmp_root allocated by
btrfs_alloc_dummy_root() is leaked because its initial reference count
is not decremented.

Fix this by calling btrfs_put_root() unconditionally after
btrfs_insert_fs_root(). This ensures the local reference is always
dropped.

Also fix a copy-paste error in the error message where the subvolume
root insertion failure was incorrectly logged as "fs root".

Co-developed-by: Jianhao Xu <jianhao.xu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jianhao Xu <jianhao.xu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Zilin Guan <zilin@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Reword commit message to be more concise.
- Fix copy-paste error in the error message.
- Add Co-developed-by and Signed-off-by tag.
---
fs/btrfs/tests/qgroup-tests.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tests/qgroup-tests.c b/fs/btrfs/tests/qgroup-tests.c
index e9124605974b..0fcc31beeffe 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tests/qgroup-tests.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tests/qgroup-tests.c
@@ -517,11 +517,11 @@ int btrfs_test_qgroups(u32 sectorsize, u32 nodesize)
tmp_root->root_key.objectid = BTRFS_FS_TREE_OBJECTID;
root->fs_info->fs_root = tmp_root;
ret = btrfs_insert_fs_root(root->fs_info, tmp_root);
+ btrfs_put_root(tmp_root);
if (ret) {
test_err("couldn't insert fs root %d", ret);
goto out;
}
- btrfs_put_root(tmp_root);

tmp_root = btrfs_alloc_dummy_root(fs_info);
if (IS_ERR(tmp_root)) {
@@ -532,11 +532,11 @@ int btrfs_test_qgroups(u32 sectorsize, u32 nodesize)

tmp_root->root_key.objectid = BTRFS_FIRST_FREE_OBJECTID;
ret = btrfs_insert_fs_root(root->fs_info, tmp_root);
+ btrfs_put_root(tmp_root);
if (ret) {
- test_err("couldn't insert fs root %d", ret);
+ test_err("couldn't insert subvolume root %d", ret);
goto out;
}
- btrfs_put_root(tmp_root);

test_msg("running qgroup tests");
ret = test_no_shared_qgroup(root, sectorsize, nodesize);
--
2.34.1