Re: [PATCH v2] selftests/livepatch: fix resource leak in test_klp_syscall init error path

Petr Mladek <[email protected]> Tue, 9 Jun 2026 13:04:17 +0200
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.live-patching,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kselftest
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Thu 2026-06-04 16:32:08, Rui Qi wrote:
> In livepatch_init(), if klp_enable_patch() fails, the previously
> created kobject and sysfs file are never cleaned up, causing a
> resource leak. Capture the return value and add proper cleanup
> on the error path.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rui Qi <[email protected]>

JFYI, the patch has been committed into livepatching.git,
branch for-7.2-selftests.

Best Regards,
Petr