releases/2.6.26.7/modules-fix-module-notes-kobject-leak.patch

From jejb@kernel.org  Thu Oct 16 15:31:27 2008
From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:05:10 GMT
Subject: modules: fix module "notes" kobject leak
To: jejb@kernel.org, stable@kernel.org
Message-ID: <200810162205.m9GM5A4T005941@hera.kernel.org>

From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>

commit e94320939f44e0cbaccc3f259a5778abced4949c upstream

Fix "notes" kobject leak

It happens every rmmod if KALLSYMS=y and SYSFS=y.

	# modprobe foo

kobject: 'foo' (ffffffffa00743d0): kobject_add_internal: parent: 'module', set: 'module'
kobject: 'holders' (ffff88017e7c5770): kobject_add_internal: parent: 'foo', set: '<NULL>'
kobject: 'foo' (ffffffffa00743d0): kobject_uevent_env
kobject: 'foo' (ffffffffa00743d0): fill_kobj_path: path = '/module/foo'
kobject: 'notes' (ffff88017fa9b668): kobject_add_internal: parent: 'foo', set: '<NULL>'
	  ^^^^^

	# rmmod foo

kobject: 'holders' (ffff88017e7c5770): kobject_cleanup
kobject: 'holders' (ffff88017e7c5770): auto cleanup kobject_del
kobject: 'holders' (ffff88017e7c5770): calling ktype release
kobject: (ffff88017e7c5770): dynamic_kobj_release
kobject: 'holders': free name
kobject: 'foo' (ffffffffa00743d0): kobject_cleanup
kobject: 'foo' (ffffffffa00743d0): does not have a release() function, it is broken and must be fixed.
kobject: 'foo' (ffffffffa00743d0): auto cleanup 'remove' event
kobject: 'foo' (ffffffffa00743d0): kobject_uevent_env
kobject: 'foo' (ffffffffa00743d0): fill_kobj_path: path = '/module/foo'
kobject: 'foo' (ffffffffa00743d0): auto cleanup kobject_del
kobject: 'foo': free name

	[whooops]

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

---
 kernel/module.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@ static void free_notes_attrs(struct modu
 		while (i-- > 0)
 			sysfs_remove_bin_file(notes_attrs->dir,
 					      &notes_attrs->attrs[i]);
-		kobject_del(notes_attrs->dir);
+		kobject_put(notes_attrs->dir);
 	}
 	kfree(notes_attrs);
 }