netdev - Re:Re: [PATCH net] net: Fix one possible memleak in ip_setup

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Date:   Mon, 16 Apr 2018 11:05:05 +0800 (CST)
From:   "Gao Feng" <gfree.wind@....163.com>
To:     "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     kuznet@....inr.ac.ru,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re:Re: [PATCH net] net: Fix one possible memleak in ip_setup_cork

At 2018-04-16 10:55:56, "David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
>From: gfree.wind@....163.com
>Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2018 10:16:45 +0800
>
>> From: Gao Feng <gfree.wind@....163.com>
>> 
>> It would allocate memory in this function when the cork->opt is NULL. But
>> the memory isn't freed if failed in the latter rt check, and return error
>> directly. It causes the memleak if its caller is ip_make_skb which also
>> doesn't free the cork->opt when meet a error.
>> 
>> Now move the rt check ahead to avoid the memleak.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Gao Feng <gfree.wind@....163.com>
>
>Why did you post this patch twice?

Sorry, it is my input error. I typed "yes" not "all" at the first time when execute git-send-email.
Then I corrected it as the second time.

Best Regards
Feng