linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] macvlan: Fix memory leak in macvlan_changelink

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Date:   Thu, 18 Jun 2020 21:00:34 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Zheng Bin <zhengbin13@...wei.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Michael Braun <michael-dev@...i-braun.de>,
        Yi Zhang <yi.zhang@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] macvlan: Fix memory leak in macvlan_changelink_sources()

>     -->If fail, need to free previous malloc memory

I suggest to improve this change description.
How does the proposed addition of the function call “macvlan_flush_sources”
fit to this information?

Regards,
Markus