linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] IB/hfi1: prevent memory leak in sdma

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Date:   Thu, 26 Sep 2019 07:49:03 -0400
From:   Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@...el.com>
To:     Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdoost@...il.com>
Cc:     emamd001@....edu, kjlu@....edu, smccaman@....edu,
        Mike Marciniszyn <mike.marciniszyn@...el.com>,
        Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] IB/hfi1: prevent memory leak in sdma_init

On 9/25/2019 10:45 AM, Navid Emamdoost wrote:
> In sdma_init if rhashtable_init fails the allocated memory for
> tmp_sdma_rht should be released.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdoost@...il.com>
> ---
>   drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/sdma.c | 5 ++++-
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/sdma.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/sdma.c
> index 2395fd4233a7..2ed7bfd5feea 100644
> --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/sdma.c
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/sdma.c
> @@ -1526,8 +1526,11 @@ int sdma_init(struct hfi1_devdata *dd, u8 port)
>   	}
>   
>   	ret = rhashtable_init(tmp_sdma_rht, &sdma_rht_params);
> -	if (ret < 0)
> +	if (ret < 0) {
> +		kfree(tmp_sdma_rht);
>   		goto bail;
> +	}
> +
>   	dd->sdma_rht = tmp_sdma_rht;
>   
>   	dd_dev_info(dd, "SDMA num_sdma: %u\n", dd->num_sdma);
> 

Yeah looks like a problem to me, thanks.

Acked-by: Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@...el.com>