From e94320939f44e0cbaccc3f259a5778abced4949c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexey Dobriyan Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:51:11 +0400 Subject: [PATCH] modules: fix module "notes" kobject leak Fix "notes" kobject leak It happens every rmmod if KALLSYMS=y and SYSFS=y. # modprobe foo kobject: 'foo' (ffffffffa00743d0): kobject_add_internal: parent: 'module', set: 'module' kobject: 'holders' (ffff88017e7c5770): kobject_add_internal: parent: 'foo', set: '' kobject: 'foo' (ffffffffa00743d0): kobject_uevent_env kobject: 'foo' (ffffffffa00743d0): fill_kobj_path: path = '/module/foo' kobject: 'notes' (ffff88017fa9b668): kobject_add_internal: parent: 'foo', set: '' ^^^^^ # rmmod foo kobject: 'holders' (ffff88017e7c5770): kobject_cleanup kobject: 'holders' (ffff88017e7c5770): auto cleanup kobject_del kobject: 'holders' (ffff88017e7c5770): calling ktype release kobject: (ffff88017e7c5770): dynamic_kobj_release kobject: 'holders': free name kobject: 'foo' (ffffffffa00743d0): kobject_cleanup kobject: 'foo' (ffffffffa00743d0): does not have a release() function, it is broken and must be fixed. kobject: 'foo' (ffffffffa00743d0): auto cleanup 'remove' event kobject: 'foo' (ffffffffa00743d0): kobject_uevent_env kobject: 'foo' (ffffffffa00743d0): fill_kobj_path: path = '/module/foo' kobject: 'foo' (ffffffffa00743d0): auto cleanup kobject_del kobject: 'foo': free name [whooops] Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan Cc: stable Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- kernel/module.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c index 9db11911e04..d5fcd24e5af 100644 --- a/kernel/module.c +++ b/kernel/module.c @@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@ static void free_notes_attrs(struct module_notes_attrs *notes_attrs, while (i-- > 0) sysfs_remove_bin_file(notes_attrs->dir, ¬es_attrs->attrs[i]); - kobject_del(notes_attrs->dir); + kobject_put(notes_attrs->dir); } kfree(notes_attrs); } -- 2.41.1