linux-kernel - [PATCH] IB: mlx4: Fix mem leaks in ib_link_query

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Date:	Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:43:29 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
cc:	linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Jack Morgenstein <jackm@....mellanox.co.il>,
	Roland Dreier <roland@...nel.org>,
	Hal Rosenstock <hal.rosenstock@...il.com>,
	Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@...el.com>,
	Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>
Subject: [PATCH] IB: mlx4: Fix mem leaks in ib_link_query_port()

If, in ib_link_query_port(), the call to mlx4_MAD_IFC() fails we will
currently do 'return err;' which will leak 'in_mad' and 'out_mad' that
we previously allocated. I believe we should instead do 'goto out;'
where we'll properly free the memory we previously allocated.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
---
 drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
index 75d3056..cc88c9c 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ static int ib_link_query_port(struct ib_device *ibdev, u8 port,
 		err = mlx4_MAD_IFC(to_mdev(ibdev), 1, 1, port,
 				   NULL, NULL, in_mad, out_mad);
 		if (err)
-			return err;
+			goto out;
 
 		/* Checking LinkSpeedActive for FDR-10 */
 		if (out_mad->data[15] & 0x1)
-- 
1.7.10


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