linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] infinibad: fix memory leak in function send

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Message-ID: <539F3B85.2020009@opengridcomputing.com>
Date:	Mon, 16 Jun 2014 13:46:29 -0500
From:	Steve Wise <swise@...ngridcomputing.com>
To:	Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@...il.com>,
	"swise@...lsio.com >> Steve Wise" <swise@...lsio.com>
CC:	roland@...nel.org, sean.hefty@...el.com, hal.rosenstock@...il.com,
	linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] infinibad: fix memory leak in function send_flowc

On 6/16/2014 1:34 PM, Steve Wise wrote:
> On 6/16/2014 1:30 PM, Nicholas Krause wrote:
>> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@...il.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c | 5 ++++-
>>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c 
>> b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
>> index 5e153f6..c518411 100644
>> --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
>> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
>> @@ -455,7 +455,10 @@ static void send_flowc(struct c4iw_ep *ep, 
>> struct sk_buff *skb)
>>       unsigned int flowclen = 80;
>>       struct fw_flowc_wr *flowc;
>>       int i;
>>
>> +    if (!skb) {
>> +        kfree_skb();
>> +        pr_warn(MOD "%s failed to allocate skb.\n", __func__);
>> +    }
>>       skb = get_skb(skb, flowclen, GFP_KERNEL);
>
> Oops, shouldn't the if statement be after the call to get_skb()? :) 
> (you're having a bad day ;))
>

And you don't free anything.  If get_skb() returns NULL, then log the 
warning and return.


>>       flowc = (struct fw_flowc_wr *)__skb_put(skb, flowclen);
>
> One more nit:  The comment is no longer correct.  It should be 
> something like:
>
> iw_cxgb4: in send_flowc(), handle a null skb return from get_skb()
>
>
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