linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] net: phy: mscc: fix memory leak in vsc8574_config_pre

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Date:   Tue, 16 Oct 2018 09:54:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     gustavo@...eddedor.com
Cc:     quentin.schulz@...tlin.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] net: phy: mscc: fix memory leak in
 vsc8574_config_pre_init

From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 10:49:36 +0200

> Hi,
> 
> On 10/10/18 10:34 AM, Quentin Schulz wrote:
>> Hi Gustavo,
>> 
>> On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 10:31:39AM +0200, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
>>> In case memory resources for *fw* were successfully allocated,
>>> release them before return.
>>>
>>> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1473968 ("Resource leak")
>>> Fixes: 00d70d8e0e78 ("net: phy: mscc: add support for VSC8574 PHY")
>> 
>> Reviewed-by: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@...tlin.com>
>> 
> 
> Friendly ping. Dave, can you take this?

It needs to be posted properly to netdev, just like all networking
patches do.