From d202797f480c0e5918e7642d6716cdc62b3ab5c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Al Viro Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2018 09:43:13 -0400 Subject: cxl_getfile(): fix double-iput() on alloc_file() failures Doing iput() after path_put() is wrong. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Acked-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- drivers/misc/cxl/api.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/misc') diff --git a/drivers/misc/cxl/api.c b/drivers/misc/cxl/api.c index 753b1a698fc4..6b16946f9b05 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/cxl/api.c +++ b/drivers/misc/cxl/api.c @@ -103,15 +103,15 @@ static struct file *cxl_getfile(const char *name, d_instantiate(path.dentry, inode); file = alloc_file(&path, OPEN_FMODE(flags), fops); - if (IS_ERR(file)) - goto err_dput; + if (IS_ERR(file)) { + path_put(&path); + goto err_fs; + } file->f_flags = flags & (O_ACCMODE | O_NONBLOCK); file->private_data = priv; return file; -err_dput: - path_put(&path); err_inode: iput(inode); err_fs: -- cgit v1.2.3-58-ga151