If a call to kobject_init_and_add() fails we should call kobject_put() otherwise we leak memory.
Add call to kobject_put() in the error path of call to kobject_init_and_add(). Please note, this has the side effect that the release method is called if kobject_init_and_add() fails. Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <to...@kernel.org> --- Is it ok to send patches during the merge window? Applies on top of Linus' mainline tag: v5.1 Happy to rebase if there are conflicts. thanks, Tobin. fs/ocfs2/filecheck.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/filecheck.c b/fs/ocfs2/filecheck.c index f65f2b2f594d..1906cc962c4d 100644 --- a/fs/ocfs2/filecheck.c +++ b/fs/ocfs2/filecheck.c @@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ int ocfs2_filecheck_create_sysfs(struct ocfs2_super *osb) ret = kobject_init_and_add(&entry->fs_kobj, &ocfs2_ktype_filecheck, NULL, "filecheck"); if (ret) { + kobject_put(&entry->fs_kobj); kfree(fcheck); return ret; } -- 2.21.0