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Date:	Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:57:07 -0600
From:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
To:	Sujith Manoharan <sujith@...jith.org>
CC:	linville@...driver.com, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@....qualcomm.com>,
	Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vthiagar@....qualcomm.com>,
	Senthil Balasubramanian <senthilb@....qualcomm.com>,
	ath9k-devel@...ts.ath9k.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath9k_htc: Fix skb leaks

On 01/01/2013 10:30 PM, Sujith Manoharan wrote:
> Larry Finger wrote:
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c
>> index 4a9570d..a304748 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c
>> @@ -278,10 +278,12 @@ int htc_connect_service(struct htc_target *target,
>>   	if (!time_left) {
>>   		dev_err(target->dev, "Service connection timeout for: %d\n",
>>   			service_connreq->service_id);
>> -		return -ETIMEDOUT;
>> +		ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
>> +		goto err;
>>   	}
>>
>>   	*conn_rsp_epid = target->conn_rsp_epid;
>> +	kfree_skb(skb);
>>   	return 0;
>>   err:
>>   	kfree_skb(skb);
> ath9k_htc_txcompletion_cb()
> The allocated skb should be freed in the TX completion hander,
> ath9k_htc_txcompletion_cb() - doing it in htc_connect_service() is wrong, I think.

My only counter argument is that none of the other paths that get to 
ath9k_htc_txcompletion_cb() leak the skb. It only happens for the path that goes 
through htc_connect_service().

Larry

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