linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vxlan: fix a potential issue when create a new vxlan fdb entry.

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Date:   Mon, 28 Nov 2016 12:37:33 +0100
From:   Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>
To:     Haishuang Yan <yanhaishuang@...s.chinamobile.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>,
        Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vxlan: fix a potential issue when create a new vxlan
 fdb entry.

On Mon, 28 Nov 2016 15:02:23 +0800, Haishuang Yan wrote:
> vxlan_fdb_append may return error, so add the proper check,
> otherwise it will cause memory leak.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Haishuang Yan <yanhaishuang@...s.chinamobile.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/vxlan.c | 10 +++++++---
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
> index 21e92be..3b7b237 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
> @@ -611,6 +611,7 @@ static int vxlan_fdb_create(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan,
>  	struct vxlan_rdst *rd = NULL;
>  	struct vxlan_fdb *f;
>  	int notify = 0;
> +	int rc = 0;

The initialization to 0 should not be needed. Looks good otherwise.

Thanks,

 Jiri