netdev - Re: [Patch net-next] net_sched: properly handle failure case of tcf_exts

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Date:   Mon, 22 Aug 2016 08:11:03 -0400
From:   Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
To:     Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Patch net-next] net_sched: properly handle failure case of
 tcf_exts_init()

On 16-08-19 03:36 PM, Cong Wang wrote:
> After commit 22dc13c837c3 ("net_sched: convert tcf_exts from list to pointer array")
> we do dynamic allocation in tcf_exts_init(), therefore we need
> to handle the ENOMEM case properly.
>
> Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>

Answered my own question by looking at implementation of kfree();
ignores NULL (unlike free())

Acked-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>

cheers,
jamal