If tracing_err_log_open() call seq_open(), allocated memory is not freed.

kmemleak report:

unreferenced object 0xffff92c0781d1100 (size 128):
  comm "tail", pid 15116, jiffies 4295163855 (age 22.704s)
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    00 f0 08 e5 c0 92 ff ff 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  backtrace:
    [<000000000d0687d5>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x11f/0x1e0
    [<000000003e3039a8>] seq_open+0x2f/0x90
    [<000000008dd36b7d>] tracing_err_log_open+0x67/0x140
    [<000000005a431ae2>] do_dentry_open+0x1df/0x3a0
    [<00000000a2910603>] vfs_open+0x2f/0x40
    [<0000000038b0a383>] path_openat+0x2e8/0x1690
    [<00000000fe025bda>] do_filp_open+0x9b/0x110
    [<00000000483a5091>] do_sys_open+0x1ba/0x260
    [<00000000c558b5fd>] __x64_sys_openat+0x20/0x30
    [<000000006881ec07>] do_syscall_64+0x5a/0x130
    [<00000000571c2e94>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9

Fix this by calling seq_release() in tracing_err_log_fops.release().

Signed-off-by: Takeshi Misawa <[email protected]>
---
Dear Steven Rostedt

I found kmemleak in tracing subsystem, and try to create a patch.
Please consider this memory leak and patch.

Regards.
---
 kernel/trace/trace.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 83e08b78dbee..574648798978 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -7126,12 +7126,24 @@ static ssize_t tracing_err_log_write(struct file *file,
        return count;
 }
 
+static int tracing_err_log_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+       struct trace_array *tr = inode->i_private;
+
+       trace_array_put(tr);
+
+       if (file->private_data)
+               seq_release(inode, file);
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
 static const struct file_operations tracing_err_log_fops = {
        .open           = tracing_err_log_open,
        .write          = tracing_err_log_write,
        .read           = seq_read,
        .llseek         = seq_lseek,
-       .release        = tracing_release_generic_tr,
+       .release        = tracing_err_log_release,
 };
 
 static int tracing_buffers_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
-- 
2.17.1

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