Re: [PATCH 1/3] freevxfs: fix buffer_head leak

[Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>]

> Something like this?
> 
> diff -puN fs/freevxfs/vxfs_fshead.c~freevxfs-fix-buffer_head-leak fs/freevxfs/vxfs_fshead.c
> --- 25/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_fshead.c~freevxfs-fix-buffer_head-leak	Tue Jun 28 16:19:53 2005
> +++ 25-akpm/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_fshead.c	Tue Jun 28 16:24:53 2005
> @@ -78,14 +78,16 @@ vxfs_getfsh(struct inode *ip, int which)
>  	struct buffer_head		*bp;
>  
>  	bp = vxfs_bread(ip, which);
> -	if (buffer_mapped(bp)) {
> +	if (bp && buffer_mapped(bp)) {
>  		struct vxfs_fsh		*fhp;
>  
> -		if (!(fhp = kmalloc(sizeof(*fhp), SLAB_KERNEL)))
> +		if (!(fhp = kmalloc(sizeof(*fhp), GFP_KERNEL))) {
> +			put_bh(bp);
>  			return NULL;
> +		}
>  		memcpy(fhp, bp->b_data, sizeof(*fhp));
>  
> -		brelse(bp);
> +		put_bh(bp);
>  		return (fhp);
>  	}

you're still leaking a buffer in the hypothetical !buffer_mapped() case.
Better remove that check completely.