From 5cebfac6a8c994ef7f269a7917a160b189bf54de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sasha Levin Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2022 19:47:36 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Revert "net: mvpp2: debugfs: fix memory leak when using debugfs_lookup()" commit 6052a4c11fd893234e085edf7bf2e00a33a79d4e upstream. This reverts commit fe2c9c61f668cde28dac2b188028c5299cedcc1e. On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 05:48:58PM +0100, Russell King (Oracle) wrote: >What happens if this is built as a module, and the module is loaded, >binds (and creates the directory), then is removed, and then re- >inserted? Nothing removes the old directory, so doesn't >debugfs_create_dir() fail, resulting in subsequent failure to add >any subsequent debugfs entries? > >I don't think this patch should be backported to stable trees until >this point is addressed. Revert until a proper fix is available as the original behavior was better. Cc: Marcin Wojtas Cc: Eric Dumazet Cc: Paolo Abeni Cc: stable@kernel.org Reported-by: Russell King Fixes: fe2c9c61f668 ("net: mvpp2: debugfs: fix memory leak when using debugfs_lookup()") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220923234736.657413-1-sashal@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_debugfs.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_debugfs.c index 0eec05d905eb..4a3baa7e0142 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_debugfs.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_debugfs.c @@ -700,10 +700,10 @@ void mvpp2_dbgfs_cleanup(struct mvpp2 *priv) void mvpp2_dbgfs_init(struct mvpp2 *priv, const char *name) { - static struct dentry *mvpp2_root; - struct dentry *mvpp2_dir; + struct dentry *mvpp2_dir, *mvpp2_root; int ret, i; + mvpp2_root = debugfs_lookup(MVPP2_DRIVER_NAME, NULL); if (!mvpp2_root) mvpp2_root = debugfs_create_dir(MVPP2_DRIVER_NAME, NULL);