Re: [PATCH v6] mm: cma: support sysfs

[John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>]

On 3/23/21 8:27 PM, Minchan Kim wrote:
...
>>> +static int __init cma_sysfs_init(void)
>>> +{
>>> +	unsigned int i;
>>> +
>>> +	cma_kobj_root = kobject_create_and_add("cma", mm_kobj);
>>> +	if (!cma_kobj_root)
>>> +		return -ENOMEM;
>>> +
>>> +	for (i = 0; i < cma_area_count; i++) {
>>> +		int err;
>>> +		struct cma *cma;
>>> +		struct cma_kobject *cma_kobj;
>>> +
>>> +		cma_kobj = kzalloc(sizeof(*cma_kobj), GFP_KERNEL);
>>> +		if (!cma_kobj) {
>>> +			kobject_put(cma_kobj_root);
>>> +			return -ENOMEM;
>>
>> This leaks little cma_kobj's all over the floor. :)
> 
> I thought kobject_put(cma_kobj_root) should deal with it. No?
> 
If this fails when i > 0, there will be cma_kobj instances that
were stashed in the cma_areas[] array. But this code only deletes
the most recently allocated cma_kobj, not anything allocated on
previous iterations of the loop.

thanks,
-- 
John Hubbard
NVIDIA