[PATCH v4] mtd: spi-nor: fix memory leak when using debugfs_lookup()

Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Wed Feb 8 08:02:30 PST 2023


When calling debugfs_lookup() the result must have dput() called on it,
otherwise the memory will leak over time.  To solve this, remove the
lookup and create the directory on the first device found, and then
remove it when the module is unloaded.

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
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org>
---
v4: reverse the teardown order when the module is unloaded to ensure
    that the debugfs directory is still around when the device directory
    is removed.
v3: create the directory the first time it is used, and then remove it
    if it is present when the module is unloaded.  More complex than v2,
    but correct.
v2: fix up to work when module is removed and added, making the fix
    much simpler.
 drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c    | 14 +++++++++++++-
 drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h    |  2 ++
 drivers/mtd/spi-nor/debugfs.c | 12 +++++++++---
 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
index d67c926bca8b..1452ed6fe5d1 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
@@ -3335,7 +3335,19 @@ static struct spi_mem_driver spi_nor_driver = {
 	.remove = spi_nor_remove,
 	.shutdown = spi_nor_shutdown,
 };
-module_spi_mem_driver(spi_nor_driver);
+
+static int __init spi_nor_module_init(void)
+{
+	return spi_mem_driver_register(&spi_nor_driver);
+}
+module_init(spi_nor_module_init);
+
+static void __exit spi_nor_module_exit(void)
+{
+	spi_mem_driver_unregister(&spi_nor_driver);
+	spi_nor_debugfs_shutdown();
+}
+module_exit(spi_nor_module_exit);
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Huang Shijie <shijie8 at gmail.com>");
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h
index f03b55cf7e6f..e62cd9964456 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h
+++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h
@@ -713,8 +713,10 @@ static inline struct spi_nor *mtd_to_spi_nor(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
 void spi_nor_debugfs_register(struct spi_nor *nor);
+void spi_nor_debugfs_shutdown(void);
 #else
 static inline void spi_nor_debugfs_register(struct spi_nor *nor) {}
+static inline void spi_nor_debugfs_shutdown(void) {}
 #endif
 
 #endif /* __LINUX_MTD_SPI_NOR_INTERNAL_H */
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/debugfs.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/debugfs.c
index ff895f6758ea..cd9c2dc07509 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/debugfs.c
@@ -226,13 +226,13 @@ static void spi_nor_debugfs_unregister(void *data)
 	nor->debugfs_root = NULL;
 }
 
+static struct dentry *rootdir;
+
 void spi_nor_debugfs_register(struct spi_nor *nor)
 {
-	struct dentry *rootdir, *d;
+	struct dentry *d;
 	int ret;
 
-	/* Create rootdir once. Will never be deleted again. */
-	rootdir = debugfs_lookup(SPI_NOR_DEBUGFS_ROOT, NULL);
 	if (!rootdir)
 		rootdir = debugfs_create_dir(SPI_NOR_DEBUGFS_ROOT, NULL);
 
@@ -247,3 +247,9 @@ void spi_nor_debugfs_register(struct spi_nor *nor)
 	debugfs_create_file("capabilities", 0444, d, nor,
 			    &spi_nor_capabilities_fops);
 }
+
+void spi_nor_debugfs_shutdown(void)
+{
+	if (rootdir)
+		debugfs_remove(rootdir);
+}
-- 
2.39.1




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