KVM: explain missing kvm_put_kvm in case of failure
The call to kvm_put_kvm was removed from error handling in commit
506cfba9e7
("KVM: don't use anon_inode_getfd() before possible
failures"), but it is _not_ a memory leak. Reuse Al's explanation
to avoid that someone else makes the same mistake.
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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@ -3191,6 +3191,12 @@ static int kvm_dev_ioctl_create_vm(unsigned long type)
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return PTR_ERR(file);
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}
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/*
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* Don't call kvm_put_kvm anymore at this point; file->f_op is
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* already set, with ->release() being kvm_vm_release(). In error
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* cases it will be called by the final fput(file) and will take
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* care of doing kvm_put_kvm(kvm).
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*/
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if (kvm_create_vm_debugfs(kvm, r) < 0) {
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put_unused_fd(r);
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fput(file);
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