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* [PATCH -next] io-wq: Fix memory leak in create_io_worker
@ 2021-09-09  8:49 Bixuan Cui
  2021-09-09 12:58 ` Jens Axboe
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Bixuan Cui @ 2021-09-09  8:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel, io-uring; +Cc: axboe, asml.silence, john.wanghui

If io_should_retry_thread is false, free the worker before goto fails.

Fixes: 3146cba99aa2 ("io-wq: make worker creation resilient against signals")
Reported-by: syzbot+65454c239241d3d647da@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Bixuan Cui <cuibixuan@huawei.com>
---
 fs/io-wq.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/fs/io-wq.c b/fs/io-wq.c
index d80e4a735677..036953f334d4 100644
--- a/fs/io-wq.c
+++ b/fs/io-wq.c
@@ -759,6 +759,7 @@ static bool create_io_worker(struct io_wq *wq, struct io_wqe *wqe, int index)
 	if (!IS_ERR(tsk)) {
 		io_init_new_worker(wqe, worker, tsk);
 	} else if (!io_should_retry_thread(PTR_ERR(tsk))) {
+		kfree(worker);
 		goto fail;
 	} else {
 		INIT_WORK(&worker->work, io_workqueue_create);
-- 
2.17.1


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* Re: [PATCH -next] io-wq: Fix memory leak in create_io_worker
  2021-09-09  8:49 [PATCH -next] io-wq: Fix memory leak in create_io_worker Bixuan Cui
@ 2021-09-09 12:58 ` Jens Axboe
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Jens Axboe @ 2021-09-09 12:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Bixuan Cui, linux-kernel, io-uring; +Cc: asml.silence, john.wanghui

On 9/9/21 2:49 AM, Bixuan Cui wrote:
> If io_should_retry_thread is false, free the worker before goto fails.

This one is incomplete, see other postings.

-- 
Jens Axboe


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