From 8406a4d56ea94d1d91f62cab3bed15399bac73cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chao Yu Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 10:47:44 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] elevator: fix double release of elevator module Our issue is descripted in below call path: ->elevator_init ->elevator_init_fn ->{cfq,deadline,noop}_init_queue ->elevator_alloc ->kzalloc_node fail to call kzalloc_node and then put module in elevator_alloc; fail to call elevator_init_fn and then put module again in elevator_init. Remove elevator_put invoking in error path of elevator_alloc to avoid double release issue. Signed-off-by: Chao Yu Reviewed-by: Jeff Moyer Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- block/elevator.c | 6 +----- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c index 59794d0d38e3..8985038f398c 100644 --- a/block/elevator.c +++ b/block/elevator.c @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ struct elevator_queue *elevator_alloc(struct request_queue *q, eq = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*eq), GFP_KERNEL, q->node); if (unlikely(!eq)) - goto err; + return NULL; eq->type = e; kobject_init(&eq->kobj, &elv_ktype); @@ -165,10 +165,6 @@ struct elevator_queue *elevator_alloc(struct request_queue *q, hash_init(eq->hash); return eq; -err: - kfree(eq); - elevator_put(e); - return NULL; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(elevator_alloc); -- 2.20.1