[DLM] Fix kref_put oops
This patch fixes the recounting on the lockspace kobject. Previously the lockspace was freed while userspace could have had a
reference to one of its sysfs files, causing an oops in kref_put.
Now the lockspace kfree is moved into the kobject release() function
Signed-Off-By: Patrick Caulfield <pcaulfie@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
diff --git a/fs/dlm/lockspace.c b/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
index 109333c..499ee11 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
@@ -143,6 +143,12 @@
return a->store ? a->store(ls, buf, len) : len;
}
+static void lockspace_kobj_release(struct kobject *k)
+{
+ struct dlm_ls *ls = container_of(k, struct dlm_ls, ls_kobj);
+ kfree(ls);
+}
+
static struct sysfs_ops dlm_attr_ops = {
.show = dlm_attr_show,
.store = dlm_attr_store,
@@ -151,6 +157,7 @@
static struct kobj_type dlm_ktype = {
.default_attrs = dlm_attrs,
.sysfs_ops = &dlm_attr_ops,
+ .release = lockspace_kobj_release,
};
static struct kset dlm_kset = {
@@ -678,7 +685,7 @@
dlm_clear_members_gone(ls);
kfree(ls->ls_node_array);
kobject_unregister(&ls->ls_kobj);
- kfree(ls);
+ /* The ls structure will be freed when the kobject is done with */
mutex_lock(&ls_lock);
ls_count--;