From: deepakraog Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:36:04 +0000 (+0530) Subject: tracing: Fix resource leak on mmiotrace trace_pipe close X-Git-Tag: v7.2-rc5~8^2~8 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb/index.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c1d87e724ae55e781b7cc7ccafb34d9e668582b2;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Flinux.git tracing: Fix resource leak on mmiotrace trace_pipe close The mmiotrace tracer was added May 12th 2008. At that time, resources created in pipe_open() could not be freed because there was not pipe_close function pointer of the tracer. The pipe_close function pointer was added in December 7th, 2009, but the mmiotrace tracer was not updated. mmio_pipe_open() allocates a header_iter and takes a pci_dev reference when trace_pipe is opened. mmio_close() frees them, but it was only wired to the tracer's .close callback. tracing_release_pipe() invokes .pipe_close, not .close, when the trace_pipe file is released. As a result, closing trace_pipe with the mmiotrace tracer active leaked the header_iter allocation and left a stale pci_dev reference. Set .pipe_close to mmio_close, matching how function_graph wires both callbacks to the same handler. Note, if the trace_pipe is read to completion, it will clean up the resources, but if one were to run: # head -n 1 /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_pipe VERSION 20070824 Over and over again, it would trigger a massive leak. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: c521efd1700a8 ("tracing: Add pipe_close interface) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260715143604.14481-1-gaikwad.dcg@gmail.com Signed-off-by: deepakraog Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c b/kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c index 226cf66e0d68..20812e7f911f 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c @@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ static void mmio_pipe_open(struct trace_iterator *iter) iter->private = hiter; } -/* XXX: This is not called when the pipe is closed! */ static void mmio_close(struct trace_iterator *iter) { struct header_iter *hiter = iter->private; @@ -279,6 +278,7 @@ static struct tracer mmio_tracer __read_mostly = .start = mmio_trace_start, .pipe_open = mmio_pipe_open, .close = mmio_close, + .pipe_close = mmio_close, .read = mmio_read, .print_line = mmio_print_line, .noboot = true,