slub: fix leak of 'name' in sysfs_slab_add

slub: fix leak of 'name' in sysfs_slab_add

[Dave Jones]

The failure paths of sysfs_slab_add don't release the allocation of 'name'
made by create_unique_id() a few lines above the context of the diff below.
Create a common exit path to make it more obvious what needs freeing.

Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@fedoraproject.org>

diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 25f14ad8f817..b2181d2682ac 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -5197,17 +5197,13 @@ static int sysfs_slab_add(struct kmem_cache *s)
 
 	s->kobj.kset = slab_kset;
 	err = kobject_init_and_add(&s->kobj, &slab_ktype, NULL, "%s", name);
-	if (err) {
-		kobject_put(&s->kobj);
-		return err;
-	}
+	if (err)
+		goto err_out;
 
 	err = sysfs_create_group(&s->kobj, &slab_attr_group);
-	if (err) {
-		kobject_del(&s->kobj);
-		kobject_put(&s->kobj);
-		return err;
-	}
+	if (err)
+		goto err_sysfs;
+
 	kobject_uevent(&s->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
 	if (!unmergeable) {
 		/* Setup first alias */
@@ -5215,6 +5211,13 @@ static int sysfs_slab_add(struct kmem_cache *s)
 		kfree(name);
 	}
 	return 0;
+
+err_sysfs:
+	kobject_del(&s->kobj);
+err_out:
+	kobject_put(&s->kobj);
+	kfree(name);
+	return err;
 }
 
 static void sysfs_slab_remove(struct kmem_cache *s)

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Re: slub: fix leak of 'name' in sysfs_slab_add

[Vladimir Davydov]

[adding Andrew to Cc]

On 03/07/2014 01:11 AM, Dave Jones wrote:
> The failure paths of sysfs_slab_add don't release the allocation of 'name'
> made by create_unique_id() a few lines above the context of the diff below.
> Create a common exit path to make it more obvious what needs freeing.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@fedoraproject.org>
> 
> diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
> index 25f14ad8f817..b2181d2682ac 100644
> --- a/mm/slub.c
> +++ b/mm/slub.c
> @@ -5197,17 +5197,13 @@ static int sysfs_slab_add(struct kmem_cache *s)
>  
>  	s->kobj.kset = slab_kset;
>  	err = kobject_init_and_add(&s->kobj, &slab_ktype, NULL, "%s", name);
> -	if (err) {
> -		kobject_put(&s->kobj);
> -		return err;
> -	}
> +	if (err)
> +		goto err_out;
>  
>  	err = sysfs_create_group(&s->kobj, &slab_attr_group);
> -	if (err) {
> -		kobject_del(&s->kobj);
> -		kobject_put(&s->kobj);
> -		return err;
> -	}
> +	if (err)
> +		goto err_sysfs;
> +
>  	kobject_uevent(&s->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
>  	if (!unmergeable) {
>  		/* Setup first alias */
> @@ -5215,6 +5211,13 @@ static int sysfs_slab_add(struct kmem_cache *s)
>  		kfree(name);
>  	}
>  	return 0;
> +
> +err_sysfs:
> +	kobject_del(&s->kobj);
> +err_out:
> +	kobject_put(&s->kobj);
> +	kfree(name);
> +	return err;
>  }

We should free the name only if !unmergeable, because:

sysfs_slab_add():
	if (unmergeable) {
		/*
		 * Slabcache can never be merged so we can use the name proper.
		 * This is typically the case for debug situations. In that
		 * case we can catch duplicate names easily.
		 */
		sysfs_remove_link(&slab_kset->kobj, s->name);
		name = s->name;
	} else {
		/*
		 * Create a unique name for the slab as a target
		 * for the symlinks.
		 */
		name = create_unique_id(s);
	}

Since this function was modified in the mmotm tree, I would propose
something like this on top of mmotm to avoid further merge conflicts:

diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index c6eb29d65847..f4ca525c05b0 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -5214,25 +5214,19 @@ static int sysfs_slab_add(struct kmem_cache *s)
 
 	s->kobj.kset = cache_kset(s);
 	err = kobject_init_and_add(&s->kobj, &slab_ktype, NULL, "%s", name);
-	if (err) {
-		kobject_put(&s->kobj);
-		return err;
-	}
+	if (err)
+		goto out_put_kobj;
 
 	err = sysfs_create_group(&s->kobj, &slab_attr_group);
-	if (err) {
-		kobject_del(&s->kobj);
-		kobject_put(&s->kobj);
-		return err;
-	}
+	if (err)
+		goto out_del_kobj;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
 	if (is_root_cache(s)) {
 		s->memcg_kset = kset_create_and_add("cgroup", NULL, &s->kobj);
 		if (!s->memcg_kset) {
-			kobject_del(&s->kobj);
-			kobject_put(&s->kobj);
-			return -ENOMEM;
+			err = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out_del_kobj;
 		}
 	}
 #endif
@@ -5241,9 +5235,16 @@ static int sysfs_slab_add(struct kmem_cache *s)
 	if (!unmergeable) {
 		/* Setup first alias */
 		sysfs_slab_alias(s, s->name);
-		kfree(name);
 	}
-	return 0;
+out:
+	if (!unmergeable)
+		kfree(name);
+	return err;
+out_del_kobj:
+	kobject_del(&s->kobj);
+out_put_kobj:
+	kobject_put(&s->kobj);
+	goto out;
 }
 
 static void sysfs_slab_remove(struct kmem_cache *s)

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Re: slub: fix leak of 'name' in sysfs_slab_add

[Dave Jones]

On Fri, Mar 07, 2014 at 10:18:04AM +0400, Vladimir Davydov wrote:
 > [adding Andrew to Cc]
 > 
 > On 03/07/2014 01:11 AM, Dave Jones wrote:
 > > The failure paths of sysfs_slab_add don't release the allocation of 'name'
 > > made by create_unique_id() a few lines above the context of the diff below.
 > > Create a common exit path to make it more obvious what needs freeing.
 > > 
 > > Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@fedoraproject.org>
 > > 
 > 
 > Since this function was modified in the mmotm tree, I would propose
 > something like this on top of mmotm to avoid further merge conflicts:
 
Looks good to me.

thanks,

	Dave

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Re: slub: fix leak of 'name' in sysfs_slab_add

[Christoph Lameter]

On Fri, 7 Mar 2014, Dave Jones wrote:

>  > Since this function was modified in the mmotm tree, I would propose
>  > something like this on top of mmotm to avoid further merge conflicts:
>
> Looks good to me.

Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>

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