In bpf/syscall.c, map_create() first set map->usercnt to 1, a file descriptor is supposed to return to userspace. When bpf_map_new_fd() fails, drop the refcount.
Signed-off-by: Peng Sun <sironhide0n...@gmail.com> --- kernel/bpf/syscall.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c index cf5040f..1c4f1c4 100644 --- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c +++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c @@ -558,12 +558,12 @@ static int map_create(union bpf_attr *attr) err = bpf_map_new_fd(map, f_flags); if (err < 0) { /* failed to allocate fd. - * bpf_map_put() is needed because the above + * bpf_map_put_with_uref() is needed because the above * bpf_map_alloc_id() has published the map * to the userspace and the userspace may * have refcnt-ed it through BPF_MAP_GET_FD_BY_ID. */ - bpf_map_put(map); + bpf_map_put_with_uref(map); return err; } -- 2.7.4