linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] IB/mlx5: Fix memory leak in mlx5_ib_create

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Date:   Fri, 8 Jun 2018 18:11:49 -0500
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
To:     Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
Cc:     Raed Salem <raeds@...lanox.com>, Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>,
        Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] IB/mlx5: Fix memory leak in mlx5_ib_create_flow


>>   
>>   	mutex_lock(&dev->flow_db->lock);
>>   
>> @@ -3640,6 +3646,9 @@ static struct ib_flow *mlx5_ib_create_flow(struct ib_qp *qp,
>>   	kfree(ucmd);
>>   	kfree(handler);
>>   	return ERR_PTR(err);
>> +free_ucmd:
>> +	kfree(ucmd);
>> +	return ERR_PTR(err);
>>   }
> 
> This hunk is a bit wonky, can we do this instead? handle never needs
> to be freed.
> 
> destroy_ft:
> 	put_flow_table(dev, ft_prio, false);
> 	if (ft_prio_tx)
> 		put_flow_table(dev, ft_prio_tx, false);
> unlock:
> 	mutex_unlock(&dev->flow_db->lock);
> 	kfree(dst);
> free_ucmd:
> 	kfree(ucmd);
> 	return ERR_PTR(err);
> }
> 
> 

Sure thing. I'll send v2 shortly.

Thanks for the feedback.
--
Gustavo