inotify: stop kernel memory leak on file creation failure
authorEric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Tue, 23 Nov 2010 23:18:37 +0000 (18:18 -0500)
committerPaul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:44:56 +0000 (16:44 -0500)
commit74351de89460e502c99439c98dc134b7cf3c9a0e
tree6a1c1428f734da199188bf3882b50a337d87b34b
parentf6c2e2e164b47b0c742ae89f266b05933e07e918
inotify: stop kernel memory leak on file creation failure

commit a2ae4cc9a16e211c8a128ba10d22a85431f093ab upstream.

If inotify_init is unable to allocate a new file for the new inotify
group we leak the new group.  This patch drops the reference on the
group on file allocation failure.

Reported-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c