posix_acl_clone does a memory allocation and sets a reference count, so
posix_acl_release is needed afterwards to free it.
The problem was fixed using the following semantic patch.
(http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/)
// <smpl>
@@
type T;
identifier E;
expression E1, E2;
int ret;
statement S;
@@
  T E;
  <+...
(
  E = \(posix_acl_clone\|posix_acl_alloc\|posix_acl_dup\)(...);
  if (E == NULL) S
|
  if ((E = \(posix_acl_clone\|posix_acl_alloc\|posix_acl_dup\)(...)) == NULL) S
)
  ... when != E2 = E
      when strict
(
  posix_acl_release(E);
|
  E1 = E;
|
+ posix_acl_release(E);
  return;
|
+ posix_acl_release(E);
  return ret;
)
  ...+>
// </smpl>
Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
Acked-by: KaiGai Kohei <kaigai@ak.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
                if (!clone)
                        return -ENOMEM;
                rc = posix_acl_create_masq(clone, (mode_t *)i_mode);
-               if (rc < 0)
+               if (rc < 0) {
+                       posix_acl_release(clone);
                        return rc;
+               }
                if (rc > 0)
                        jffs2_iset_acl(inode, &f->i_acl_access, clone);