nilfs2: fix memory leak in nilfs_sysfs_create_##name##_group

If kobject_init_and_add return with error, kobject_put() is needed here to
avoid memory leak, because kobject_init_and_add may return error without
freeing the memory associated with the kobject it allocated.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210629022556.3985106-4-sunnanyong@huawei.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1625651306-10829-4-git-send-email-konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Nanyong Sun <sunnanyong@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c b/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c
index ec85ac53720d229cc4ac80e59e124ea5957da55e..6305e4ef7e39ba7a3c47744353f12cf53a9f98bb 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ static int nilfs_sysfs_create_##name##_group(struct the_nilfs *nilfs) \
        err = kobject_init_and_add(kobj, &nilfs_##name##_ktype, parent, \
                                    #name); \
        if (err) \
-               return err; \
-       return 0; \
+               kobject_put(kobj); \
+       return err; \
 } \
 static void nilfs_sysfs_delete_##name##_group(struct the_nilfs *nilfs) \
 { \