linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192u: fix multiple memory leaks on error path

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Date:   Fri, 27 Sep 2019 18:09:09 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdoost@...il.com>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org
Cc:     Navid Emamdoost <emamd001@....edu>, Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>,
        Stephen A McCamant <smccaman@....edu>,
        Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Nishka Dasgupta <nishkadg.linux@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192u: fix multiple memory leaks on error
 path

> In rtl8192_tx on error handling path allocated urbs and also skb should
> be released.

Can this change description be improved?


How do you think about to add the tag “Fixes” here?


> @@ -1588,7 +1590,12 @@ short rtl8192_tx(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
>  	RT_TRACE(COMP_ERR, "Error TX URB %d, error %d",
>  		 atomic_read(&priv->tx_pending[tcb_desc->queue_index]),
>  		 status);
> -	return -1;
> +
> +error:
> +	dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
…

Would an other label be more appropriate according to the Linux coding style?

Regards,
Markus