[PATCH 4.2.y-ckt 141/305] dm btree: fix leak of bufio-backed block in btree_split_sibling error path

Kamal Mostafa kamal at canonical.com
Fri Jan 15 23:59:15 UTC 2016


4.2.8-ckt2 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Mike Snitzer <snitzer at redhat.com>

commit 30ce6e1cc5a0f781d60227e9096c86e188d2c2bd upstream.

The block allocated at the start of btree_split_sibling() is never
released if later insert_at() fails.

Fix this by releasing the previously allocated bufio block using
unlock_block().

Reported-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka at redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer at redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-btree.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-btree.c b/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-btree.c
index d6e4703..7ba85e2 100644
--- a/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-btree.c
+++ b/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-btree.c
@@ -471,8 +471,10 @@ static int btree_split_sibling(struct shadow_spine *s, dm_block_t root,
 
 	r = insert_at(sizeof(__le64), pn, parent_index + 1,
 		      le64_to_cpu(rn->keys[0]), &location);
-	if (r)
+	if (r) {
+		unlock_block(s->info, right);
 		return r;
+	}
 
 	if (key < le64_to_cpu(rn->keys[0])) {
 		unlock_block(s->info, right);
-- 
1.9.1





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