[PATCH] sysfs: fix a kobject leak in sysfs_add_link on the error path

As pointed out by Oliver Neukum. Cc: Maneesh Soni <[email protected]> Cc: Oliver Neukum <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
josf · Mar 20, 2006 · b322908 · b322908
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diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ static int sysfs_add_link(struct dentry * parent, const char * name, struct kobj
 	if (!error)
 		return 0;
 
+	kobject_put(target);
 	kfree(sl->link_name);
 exit2:
 	kfree(sl);