[PATCH 13/13] USB: gadget: s3c2410_udc: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()

Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Mon Feb 6 01:57:42 PST 2023


On Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 09:20:10AM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 02/02/2023 16:32, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > When calling debugfs_lookup() the result must have dput() called on it,
> > otherwise the memory will leak over time.  To make things simpler, just
> > call debugfs_lookup_and_remove() instead which handles all of the logic
> > at once.
> > 
> 
> Hi Greg,
> 
> This driver will be removed in v6.3 via Arnd's tree:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221021203329.4143397-13-arnd@kernel.org/
> 
> I think we can skip any work on this.

Ok, thanks, I'll drop it from my patch queue for now.  If it sticks
around, I'll apply it :)

greg k-h



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