linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mwifiex: pcie: Fix memory leak in mwifiex_pcie_alloc_cmdrsp

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Date:   Sat, 5 Oct 2019 18:48:20 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdoost@...il.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Navid Emamdoost <emamd001@....edu>, Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>,
        Stephen McCamant <smccaman@....edu>,
        Amitkumar Karwar <amitkarwar@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Ganapathi Bhat <gbhat@...vell.com>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        Nishant Sarmukadam <nishants@...vell.com>,
        Xinming Hu <huxinming820@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mwifiex: pcie: Fix memory leak in
 mwifiex_pcie_alloc_cmdrsp_buf

> In mwifiex_pcie_alloc_cmdrsp_buf, a new skb is allocated which should be
> released if mwifiex_map_pci_memory() fails. The release is added.

Please improve this change description.
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?id=4ea655343ce4180fe9b2c7ec8cb8ef9884a47901#n151

Regards,
Markus