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SubjectRe: [PATCH] net/mlx4_en: Fix a memory leak in case of error in 'mlx4_en_init_netdev()'
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Le 12/03/2018 à 09:42, Tariq Toukan a écrit :
>
>
> On 12/03/2018 12:45 AM, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
>> If 'kzalloc' fails, we must free some memory before returning.
>>
>> Fixes: 67f8b1dcb9ee ("net/mlx4_en: Refactor the XDP forwarding rings
>> scheme")
>> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
>> ---
>> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
>> b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
>> index 8fc51bc29003..f9db018e858f 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
>> @@ -3327,7 +3327,7 @@ int mlx4_en_init_netdev(struct mlx4_en_dev
>> *mdev, int port,
>> if (!priv->tx_cq[t]) {
>> kfree(priv->tx_ring[t]);
>> err = -ENOMEM;
>> - goto out;
>> + goto err_free_tx;
>> }
>> }
>> priv->rx_ring_num = prof->rx_ring_num;
>>
>
> Hi Christophe, thanks for spotting this.
>
> However, I think these err_free_tx label and loop are redundant.
> Both tx_ring/tx_cq flows should just goto out, as resources are freed
> later in mlx4_en_destroy_netdev() -> mlx4_en_free_resources().
>

Hi,

I do not agree with you and I think that the patch is relevant.

If 'mlx4_en_init_netdev' fails, the only caller, 'mlx4_en_activate()',
will set:
mdev->pndev[i] = NULL
(see
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v4.16-rc5/source/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_main.c#L254)

and 'mlx4_en_destroy_netdev()' is not called in this case.
(see
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v4.16-rc5/source/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_main.c#L232)

My understanding is that 'mlx4_en_destroy_netdev()' will free resources
in the normal case but that resources should be freed at allocation time
if it does not fully succeed.

Best regards,
CJ

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