Re: [PATCH] cachefiles: fix dentry leak in cachefiles_open_file()

[Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de>]

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> Add the missing dput() to cachefiles_open_file() for a quick fix.

I suggest to use a goto chain accordingly.


…
> +++ b/fs/cachefiles/namei.c
> @@ -554,6 +554,7 @@ static bool cachefiles_open_file(struct cachefiles_object *object,
>  	if (!cachefiles_mark_inode_in_use(object, d_inode(dentry))) {
>  		pr_notice("cachefiles: Inode already in use: %pd (B=%lx)\n",
>  			  dentry, d_inode(dentry)->i_ino);
> +		dput(dentry);
>  		return false;

Please replace two statements by the statement “goto put_dentry;”.


…
> error:
> 	cachefiles_do_unmark_inode_in_use(object, d_inode(dentry));
+put_dentry:
> 	dput(dentry);
> 	return false;
> }

Regards,
Markus