I can't find the original post (probably it only went to the linux-fsdevel list), so replying to Nicholas here:
> On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 10:53:37PM -0400, Nicholas Krause wrote: >> This fixes a memory leak on the error path if the call to >> security_file_alloc fails to run successfully as detected >> in this trace by kmemleak: >> [ 321.783718] ath9k 0000:03:00.0 eth0: renamed from wlan0 >> [ 330.960024] atl1c 0000:02:00.0 eth1: renamed from eth126 >> [ 391.831384] WARNING: kmemcheck: Caught 64-bit read from uninitialized >> memory (ffff8800a8ad8a00) Can you please understand that kmemleak != kmemcheck, even though the names are similar? It would save both your and other developers' time. See the corresponding Kconfig help text: KMEMCHECK: "kmemcheck: trap use of uninitialized memory" DEBUG_KMEMLEAK: "Kernel memory leak detector" -- Catalin
