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-rw-r--r--fs/pidfs.c18
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/fs/pidfs.c b/fs/pidfs.c
index ba526fdd4c4d..47f5f9e0bdff 100644
--- a/fs/pidfs.c
+++ b/fs/pidfs.c
@@ -150,18 +150,20 @@ void pidfs_free_pid(struct pid *pid)
*/
VFS_WARN_ON_ONCE(pid->stashed);
- if (IS_ERR(attr))
- return;
-
/*
- * Any dentry must've been wiped from the pid by now. Otherwise
- * there's a reference count bug.
+ * This if an error occurred during e.g., task creation that
+ * causes us to never go through the exit path.
*/
- VFS_WARN_ON_ONCE(pid->stashed);
+ if (unlikely(!attr))
+ return;
+
+ /* This never had a pidfd created. */
+ if (IS_ERR(attr))
+ return;
- xattrs = attr->xattrs;
+ xattrs = no_free_ptr(attr->xattrs);
if (xattrs)
- simple_xattrs_free(attr->xattrs, NULL);
+ simple_xattrs_free(xattrs, NULL);
}
#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS