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Date:   Mon, 17 Oct 2022 06:51:08 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@huawei.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] kobject: fix possible memory leak in
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On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 10:33:27AM +0800, Yang Yingliang wrote:
> If kset_register() fails in kset_create_and_add(), the name allocated
> in kset_create() will be leaked.

How is kset_create_and_add() failing?  Is this in a real kernel, or
created with a fake fault injection?

thanks,

greg k-h