[PATCH 2/5] efivarfs: efivarfs_create() ensure we drop our reference on inode on error

[Andy Whitcroft]

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <a...@canonical.com>
---
 drivers/firmware/efivars.c |   14 +++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
index ae50d2f..0bbf742 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ static void efivarfs_hex_to_guid(const char *str, 
efi_guid_t *guid)
 static int efivarfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
                          umode_t mode, bool excl)
 {
-       struct inode *inode = efivarfs_get_inode(dir->i_sb, dir, mode, 0);
+       struct inode *inode;
        struct efivars *efivars = &__efivars;
        struct efivar_entry *var;
        int namelen, i = 0, err = 0;
@@ -874,13 +874,15 @@ static int efivarfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct 
dentry *dentry,
        if (dentry->d_name.len < 38)
                return -EINVAL;
 
+       inode = efivarfs_get_inode(dir->i_sb, dir, mode, 0);
        if (!inode)
                return -ENOSPC;
 
        var = kzalloc(sizeof(struct efivar_entry), GFP_KERNEL);
-
-       if (!var)
-               return -ENOMEM;
+       if (!var) {
+               err = -ENOMEM;
+               goto out;
+       }
 
        namelen = dentry->d_name.len - GUID_LEN;
 
@@ -908,8 +910,10 @@ static int efivarfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct 
dentry *dentry,
        d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
        dget(dentry);
 out:
-       if (err)
+       if (err) {
                kfree(var);
+               iput(inode);
+       }
        return err;
 }
 
-- 
1.7.9.5

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