Re: [PATCH 6.1.y] Fix memory leak in io_wq_create() on success path

Greg KH <[email protected]> 于2026年8月6日周四 22:33写道：
>
> On Thu, Aug 06, 2026 at 10:23:14PM +0800, Chen Xiaokun wrote:
> > The commit 657ca82526d0 introduced a temporary allowed_mask cpumask in
> > io_wq_create(), which was freed only on the error path.  This caused a
> > memory leak of cpumask_size() bytes on every successful io_wq_create().
> >
> > Fixes: 657ca82526d0 ("io_uring/io-wq: inherit cpuset of cgroup in io worker")
> > Signed-off-by: Chen Xiaokun <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >  io_uring/io-wq.c | 1 +
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/io_uring/io-wq.c b/io_uring/io-wq.c
> > index 66fdd69fd6cb..34a1a9067cc2 100644
> > --- a/io_uring/io-wq.c
> > +++ b/io_uring/io-wq.c
> > @@ -1218,6 +1218,7 @@ struct io_wq *io_wq_create(unsigned bounded, struct io_wq_data *data)
> >       wq->task = get_task_struct(data->task);
> >       atomic_set(&wq->worker_refs, 1);
> >       init_completion(&wq->worker_done);
> > +     free_cpumask_var(allowed_mask);
> >       return wq;
> >  err:
> >       io_wq_put_hash(data->hash);
> > --
> > 2.55.0
> >
> >
>
> Why is this a stable-only patch?  Was the backport wrong?  Or is this
> also in Linus's tree?
>

Linus's tree has not this issue.

> thanks,
>
> greg k-h

thanks,
Chen