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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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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().

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