From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mgamail.intel.com (mgamail.intel.com [192.198.163.16]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CB8373C2799; Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:11:50 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=192.198.163.16 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1774285913; cv=none; b=k+6utR2wd3K6+pmRGrO/fYKL3236NxMgG76qBNYLUZZxvuaxHJFxqYN8i2Pw4IvQvmy8k6z1/6zB2jUPhXXQUm/421hP5RVED87+GaNEo7jz15qvjzBeSf4077sc+BYZi2XflJLJz0fMmW+YjTc9lGpTo7/lclkiVw9vK6fion0= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1774285913; c=relaxed/simple; bh=WC5R3R7MjBGZGiXrO/PHhKEP3AXAJXomcLtba1rFets=; h=Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:Subject:To:Cc:References:From: In-Reply-To:Content-Type; b=HFORFJYqu7QbTkGHgabGSZT+zN8wEEhBkmGSXrhuvz+UWlkqqv01IlZnnQ+Q6yjJWrhHszcY/w/S75Jgjdqv2fix/QtkKXrn6UjWxD0tt5qoPKMAQLAd0zUs6mllicMUzYr/8YqZOFha3ter6E+PUELmmw1+fIWDIqFiTjnm6M4= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=intel.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=intel.com; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=intel.com header.i=@intel.com header.b=f8qAZs5w; arc=none smtp.client-ip=192.198.163.16 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=intel.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=intel.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=intel.com header.i=@intel.com header.b="f8qAZs5w" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1774285911; x=1805821911; h=message-id:date:mime-version:subject:to:cc:references: from:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=WC5R3R7MjBGZGiXrO/PHhKEP3AXAJXomcLtba1rFets=; b=f8qAZs5w2bvlwFlfjLXSlUT29mRED2cqe4aMLaUJdzZGgYQWwJRuAqMo Oah9vxELAS8L4CwnwtX/+A+7LE8ckj2jmMjjf65O1UND5jBZoQnrnQ6oW NqbLU0wBx+wrU6w9UtsxQJoyBfRw87hi2vPDIgqdFzxGGAphHnaGorFcK K3eOwuE1Cc9LlL8IQytxV4jl/soCY4JbpU7nKQPhmMFuZQlgvcfK5ScqN AZV0K9ONlDBV8v+M2n2D0X29Sn+40jq/cEFFSTR/vPdkWhzTwycmkr2DJ /5/ioX5da16bJV+vP4n7RQ458dFT/Xic3vQBt+ihNcbm2AztZ4Ny5+vEw Q==; X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: 3FReR/UnT6Sf+iqFv2qzOw== X-CSE-MsgGUID: UCo6dEhBSUGU2/ytlCEGvA== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6800,10657,11738"; a="62849092" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.23,137,1770624000"; d="scan'208";a="62849092" Received: from orviesa008.jf.intel.com ([10.64.159.148]) by fmvoesa110.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 23 Mar 2026 10:11:50 -0700 X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: oVZ9NSwhQROtpb73j9ALIw== X-CSE-MsgGUID: vAbpOXkMSseD0QwR/c7PBA== X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.23,137,1770624000"; d="scan'208";a="224097386" Received: from jdoman-mobl3.amr.corp.intel.com (HELO [10.125.109.216]) ([10.125.109.216]) by orviesa008-auth.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 23 Mar 2026 10:11:48 -0700 Message-ID: <1f0c192d-1dae-496e-8cdd-4854d685343f@intel.com> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:11:47 -0700 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 1/9] dax/bus: Use dax_region_put() in alloc_dax_region() error path To: Smita Koralahalli , linux-cxl@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, nvdimm@lists.linux.dev, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-pm@vger.kernel.org Cc: Ard Biesheuvel , Alison Schofield , Vishal Verma , Ira Weiny , Dan Williams , Jonathan Cameron , Yazen Ghannam , Davidlohr Bueso , Matthew Wilcox , Jan Kara , "Rafael J . Wysocki" , Len Brown , Pavel Machek , Li Ming , Jeff Johnson , Ying Huang , Yao Xingtao , Peter Zijlstra , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Nathan Fontenot , Terry Bowman , Robert Richter , Benjamin Cheatham , Zhijian Li , Borislav Petkov , Tomasz Wolski References: <20260322195343.206900-1-Smita.KoralahalliChannabasappa@amd.com> <20260322195343.206900-2-Smita.KoralahalliChannabasappa@amd.com> Content-Language: en-US From: Dave Jiang In-Reply-To: <20260322195343.206900-2-Smita.KoralahalliChannabasappa@amd.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 3/22/26 12:53 PM, Smita Koralahalli wrote: > alloc_dax_region() calls kref_init() on the dax_region early in the > function, but the error path for sysfs_create_groups() failure uses > kfree() directly to free the dax_region. This bypasses the kref lifecycle. > > Use dax_region_put() instead to handle kref lifecycle correctly. > > Suggested-by: Jonathan Cameron > Signed-off-by: Smita Koralahalli Reviewed-by: Dave Jiang > --- > drivers/dax/bus.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/dax/bus.c b/drivers/dax/bus.c > index c94c09622516..299134c9b294 100644 > --- a/drivers/dax/bus.c > +++ b/drivers/dax/bus.c > @@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ struct dax_region *alloc_dax_region(struct device *parent, int region_id, > }; > > if (sysfs_create_groups(&parent->kobj, dax_region_attribute_groups)) { > - kfree(dax_region); > + dax_region_put(dax_region); > return NULL; > } >