linux-kernel - [PATCH] e1000: ethtool: ensure to free old tx/rx rings in set

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Date:   Wed, 18 Jul 2018 12:24:26 -0700
From:   Bo Chen <chenbo@....edu>
To:     jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Bo Chen <chenbo@....edu>
Subject: [PATCH] e1000: ethtool: ensure to free old tx/rx rings in set_ringparam()

In 'e1000_set_ringparam()', the tx_ring and rx_ring are updated with new value
and the old tx/rx rings are freed only when the device is up. There are resource
leaks on old tx/rx rings when the device is not up. This bug is reported by COD,
a tool for testing kernel module binaries I am building.

This patch fixes the bug by always calling 'kfree()' on old tx/rx rings in
'e1000_set_ringparam()'.

Signed-off-by: Bo Chen <chenbo@....edu>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
index bdb3f8e65ed4..27b006b60f8b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
@@ -624,14 +624,14 @@ static int e1000_set_ringparam(struct net_device *netdev,
 		adapter->tx_ring = tx_old;
 		e1000_free_all_rx_resources(adapter);
 		e1000_free_all_tx_resources(adapter);
-		kfree(tx_old);
-		kfree(rx_old);
 		adapter->rx_ring = rxdr;
 		adapter->tx_ring = txdr;
 		err = e1000_up(adapter);
 		if (err)
 			goto err_setup;
 	}
+	kfree(tx_old);
+	kfree(rx_old);
 
 	clear_bit(__E1000_RESETTING, &adapter->flags);
 	return 0;
-- 
2.17.0