do_add_mount() consumes vfsmount on success; just follow it with conditional retain_and_null_ptr() on success and we can switch to __free() for mnt and be done with that - unlock_mount() is in the very end. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namespace.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c index 99757040a39a..79c87937a7dd 100644 --- a/fs/namespace.c +++ b/fs/namespace.c @@ -3694,7 +3694,6 @@ static bool mount_too_revealing(const struct super_block *sb, int *new_mnt_flags static int do_new_mount_fc(struct fs_context *fc, struct path *mountpoint, unsigned int mnt_flags) { - struct vfsmount *mnt; struct pinned_mountpoint mp = {}; struct super_block *sb = fc->root->d_sb; int error; @@ -3710,7 +3709,7 @@ static int do_new_mount_fc(struct fs_context *fc, struct path *mountpoint, up_write(&sb->s_umount); - mnt = vfs_create_mount(fc); + struct vfsmount *mnt __free(mntput) = vfs_create_mount(fc); if (IS_ERR(mnt)) return PTR_ERR(mnt); @@ -3720,10 +3719,10 @@ static int do_new_mount_fc(struct fs_context *fc, struct path *mountpoint, if (!error) { error = do_add_mount(real_mount(mnt), mp.mp, mountpoint, mnt_flags); + if (!error) + retain_and_null_ptr(mnt); // consumed on success unlock_mount(&mp); } - if (error < 0) - mntput(mnt); return error; } -- 2.47.2