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SubjectRe: [PATCH] i40e: prevent memory leak in i40e_setup_macvlans
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> In i40e_setup_macvlans if i40e_setup_channel fails the allocated memory
> for ch should be released.

I suggest to improve also this change description.


> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
> @@ -7168,6 +7168,7 @@ static int i40e_setup_macvlans(struct i40e_vsi *vsi, u16 macvlan_cnt, u16 qcnt,
> ch->num_queue_pairs = qcnt;
> if (!i40e_setup_channel(pf, vsi, ch)) {
> ret = -EINVAL;
> + kfree(ch);
> goto err_free;
> }
> ch->parent_vsi = vsi;

Can it matter to perform the added function call before the error code assignment?

Regards,
Markus

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