netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 3/5] usbnet: smsc95xx: fix memory leak in smsc95xx

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Date:	Tue, 6 Nov 2012 13:20:44 +0000
From:	Steve Glendinning <steve@...well.net>
To:	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.de>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@...well.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/5] usbnet: smsc95xx: fix memory leak in smsc95xx_suspend

On 6 November 2012 01:45, Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com> wrote:
> This patch fixes memory leak in smsc95xx_suspend.

Good spot, thanks!

Note that check_warn_return just above your kfree can cause early
return in the error case, which would still leak filter_mask, so we
might want to explicitly expand that instance of the helper macro.

> Also, it isn't necessary to bother mm to allocate 8bytes/16byte,
> and we can use stack variable safely.

Acked-By: Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@...well.net>
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