[PATCH v6 1/3] mm/mempolicy: Fix memory leaks in weighted interleave sysfs

[Rakie Kim <rakie.kim@sk.com>]

Memory leaks occurred when removing sysfs attributes for weighted
interleave. Improper kobject deallocation led to unreleased memory
when initialization failed or when nodes were removed.

This patch resolves the issue by replacing unnecessary `kfree()`
calls with proper `kobject_del()` and `kobject_put()` sequences,
ensuring correct teardown and preventing memory leaks.

By explicitly calling `kobject_del()` before `kobject_put()`,
the release function is now invoked safely, and internal sysfs
state is correctly cleaned up. This guarantees that the memory
associated with the kobject is fully released and avoids
resource leaks, thereby improving system stability.

Fixes: dce41f5ae253 ("mm/mempolicy: implement the sysfs-based weighted_interleave interface")
Signed-off-by: Rakie Kim <rakie.kim@sk.com>
Signed-off-by: Honggyu Kim <honggyu.kim@sk.com>
Signed-off-by: Yunjeong Mun <yunjeong.mun@sk.com>
Reviewed-by: Gregory Price <gourry@gourry.net>
---
 mm/mempolicy.c | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index bbaadbeeb291..af3753925573 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -3448,7 +3448,9 @@ static void sysfs_wi_release(struct kobject *wi_kobj)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_node_ids; i++)
 		sysfs_wi_node_release(node_attrs[i], wi_kobj);
-	kobject_put(wi_kobj);
+
+	kfree(node_attrs);
+	kfree(wi_kobj);
 }
 
 static const struct kobj_type wi_ktype = {
@@ -3494,15 +3496,22 @@ static int add_weighted_interleave_group(struct kobject *root_kobj)
 	struct kobject *wi_kobj;
 	int nid, err;
 
-	wi_kobj = kzalloc(sizeof(struct kobject), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!wi_kobj)
+	node_attrs = kcalloc(nr_node_ids, sizeof(struct iw_node_attr *),
+			     GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!node_attrs)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	wi_kobj = kzalloc(sizeof(struct kobject), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!wi_kobj) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto node_out;
+	}
+
 	err = kobject_init_and_add(wi_kobj, &wi_ktype, root_kobj,
 				   "weighted_interleave");
 	if (err) {
-		kfree(wi_kobj);
-		return err;
+		kobject_put(wi_kobj);
+		goto err_out;
 	}
 
 	for_each_node_state(nid, N_POSSIBLE) {
@@ -3512,9 +3521,18 @@ static int add_weighted_interleave_group(struct kobject *root_kobj)
 			break;
 		}
 	}
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
+		kobject_del(wi_kobj);
 		kobject_put(wi_kobj);
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
+
+node_out:
+	kfree(node_attrs);
+err_out:
+	return err;
 }
 
 static void mempolicy_kobj_release(struct kobject *kobj)
@@ -3528,7 +3546,6 @@ static void mempolicy_kobj_release(struct kobject *kobj)
 	mutex_unlock(&iw_table_lock);
 	synchronize_rcu();
 	kfree(old);
-	kfree(node_attrs);
 	kfree(kobj);
 }
 
@@ -3542,37 +3559,24 @@ static int __init mempolicy_sysfs_init(void)
 	static struct kobject *mempolicy_kobj;
 
 	mempolicy_kobj = kzalloc(sizeof(*mempolicy_kobj), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!mempolicy_kobj) {
-		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto err_out;
-	}
-
-	node_attrs = kcalloc(nr_node_ids, sizeof(struct iw_node_attr *),
-			     GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!node_attrs) {
-		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto mempol_out;
-	}
+	if (!mempolicy_kobj)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	err = kobject_init_and_add(mempolicy_kobj, &mempolicy_ktype, mm_kobj,
 				   "mempolicy");
 	if (err)
-		goto node_out;
+		goto err_out;
 
 	err = add_weighted_interleave_group(mempolicy_kobj);
-	if (err) {
-		pr_err("mempolicy sysfs structure failed to initialize\n");
-		kobject_put(mempolicy_kobj);
-		return err;
-	}
+	if (err)
+		goto err_del;
 
-	return err;
-node_out:
-	kfree(node_attrs);
-mempol_out:
-	kfree(mempolicy_kobj);
+	return 0;
+
+err_del:
+	kobject_del(mempolicy_kobj);
 err_out:
-	pr_err("failed to add mempolicy kobject to the system\n");
+	kobject_put(mempolicy_kobj);
 	return err;
 }
 
-- 
2.34.1