netdev - [PATCH] fm10k: fix memory leak

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Date:	Tue, 17 Nov 2015 14:24:27 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemming@...cade.com>
To:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] fm10k: fix memory leak

This was detected by Coverity.
The function skb_cow_head leaves skb alone on failure, so caller needs
to free.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>

--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_netdev.c	2015-11-17 13:33:40.032694657 -0800
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_netdev.c	2015-11-17 14:13:03.086942495 -0800
@@ -627,8 +627,10 @@ static netdev_tx_t fm10k_xmit_frame(stru
 
 		/* verify the skb head is not shared */
 		err = skb_cow_head(skb, 0);
-		if (err)
+		if (err) {
+			dev_kfree_skb(skb);
 			return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+		}
 
 		/* locate vlan header */
 		vhdr = (struct vlan_hdr *)(skb->data + ETH_HLEN);
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