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From f54d801dda14942dbefa00541d10603015b7859c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Coly Li <colyli@suse.de>
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 19:59:44 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] bcache: destroy dc->writeback_write_wq if failed to create
 dc->writeback_thread
Git-commit: f54d801dda14942dbefa00541d10603015b7859c
References: bsc#1140652
Patch-mainline: v5.3-rc1

Commit 9baf30972b55 ("bcache: fix for gc and write-back race") added a
new work queue dc->writeback_write_wq, but forgot to destroy it in the
error condition when creating dc->writeback_thread failed.

This patch destroys dc->writeback_write_wq if kthread_create() returns
error pointer to dc->writeback_thread, then a memory leak is avoided.

Fixes: 9baf30972b55 ("bcache: fix for gc and write-back race")
Signed-off-by: Coly Li <colyli@suse.de>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

---
 drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c b/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c
index 262f7ef20992..21081febcb59 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c
@@ -833,6 +833,7 @@ int bch_cached_dev_writeback_start(struct cached_dev *dc)
 					      "bcache_writeback");
 	if (IS_ERR(dc->writeback_thread)) {
 		cached_dev_put(dc);
+		destroy_workqueue(dc->writeback_write_wq);
 		return PTR_ERR(dc->writeback_thread);
 	}
 	dc->writeback_running = true;
-- 
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