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Date:	Mon, 7 Nov 2011 11:27:25 -0800
From:	Bing Zhao <bzhao@...vell.com>
To:	"Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
CC:	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] net, wireless, mwifiex: Fix mem leak in
 mwifiex_update_curr_bss_params()

> On 11/07/2011 03:28 AM, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> > If kmemdup() fails we leak the memory allocated to bss_desc.
> > This patch fixes the leak.
> > I also removed the pointless default assignment of 'NULL' to 'bss_desc'
> > while I was there anyway.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>

Hi Jesper,

Thanks for the patch.

> 
> Looks good to me.
> Reviewed-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Hi Srivatsa,

Thanks for your review.

Acked-by: Bing Zhao <bzhao@...vell.com>

Thanks,
Bing

> 
> Thanks,
> Srivatsa S. Bhat
> 
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c |    3 ++-
> >  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> >
> >  note: patch is compile tested only since I don't have the hardware.
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c
> > index dae8dbb..8a3f959 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c
> > @@ -1469,7 +1469,7 @@ mwifiex_update_curr_bss_params(struct mwifiex_private *priv, u8 *bssid,
> >  			       s32 rssi, const u8 *ie_buf, size_t ie_len,
> >  			       u16 beacon_period, u16 cap_info_bitmap, u8 band)
> >  {
> > -	struct mwifiex_bssdescriptor *bss_desc = NULL;
> > +	struct mwifiex_bssdescriptor *bss_desc;
> >  	int ret;
> >  	unsigned long flags;
> >  	u8 *beacon_ie;
> > @@ -1484,6 +1484,7 @@ mwifiex_update_curr_bss_params(struct mwifiex_private *priv, u8 *bssid,
> >
> >  	beacon_ie = kmemdup(ie_buf, ie_len, GFP_KERNEL);
> >  	if (!beacon_ie) {
> > +		kfree(bss_desc);
> >  		dev_err(priv->adapter->dev, " failed to alloc beacon_ie\n");
> >  		return -ENOMEM;
> >  	}
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