[PATCH] mtd: spi-nor: fix memory leak when using debugfs_lookup()

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Sat, Sep 24, 2022 at 10:46:22AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 02, 2022 at 04:01:36PM +0200, Michael Walle wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Am 2022-09-02 15:37, schrieb Greg Kroah-Hartman:
> > > When calling debugfs_lookup() the result must have dput() called on it,
> > > otherwise the memory will leak over time.  Fix this up to be much
> > > simpler logic and only create the root debugfs directory once when the
> > > driver is first accessed.  That resolves the memory leak and makes
> > > things more obvious as to what the intent is.
> > > 
> > > Cc: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus at microchip.com>
> > > Cc: Pratyush Yadav <pratyush at kernel.org>
> > > Cc: Michael Walle <michael at walle.cc>
> > > Cc: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal at bootlin.com>
> > > Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard at nod.at>
> > > Cc: Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr at ti.com>
> > > Cc: linux-mtd at lists.infradead.org
> > > Cc: stable <stable at kernel.org>
> > > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/mtd/spi-nor/debugfs.c | 4 ++--
> > >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/debugfs.c
> > > b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/debugfs.c
> > > index df76cb5de3f9..3aab595e82d1 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/debugfs.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/debugfs.c
> > > @@ -228,11 +228,11 @@ static void spi_nor_debugfs_unregister(void *data)
> > > 
> > >  void spi_nor_debugfs_register(struct spi_nor *nor)
> > >  {
> > > -	struct dentry *rootdir, *d;
> > > +	static struct dentry *rootdir;
> > > +	struct dentry *d;
> > >  	int ret;
> > > 
> > >  	/* Create rootdir once. Will never be deleted again. */
> > > -	rootdir = debugfs_lookup(SPI_NOR_DEBUGFS_ROOT, NULL);
> > 
> > IIRC I had that one and it didn't work with spi-nor as a module.
> > Wouldn't it try to create the root dir twice if you remove the module
> > and load it again?
> 
> Yes it would, that is a use-model I did not consider at all, thanks.
> I'll rework this.

v2 with this fixed up now sent, thanks.

greg k-h