linux-kernel - Re: Re: [PATCH] IB/sa: Fix memleak in ib_nl_make

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Date:   Mon, 28 Dec 2020 11:07:50 +0800 (GMT+08:00)
From:   dinghao.liu@....edu.cn
To:     "Leon Romanovsky" <leon@...nel.org>
Cc:     kjlu@....edu, "Doug Ledford" <dledford@...hat.com>,
        "Jason Gunthorpe" <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
        "Ursula Braun" <ubraun@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Håkon Bugge <haakon.bugge@...cle.com>,
        "Divya Indi" <divya.indi@...cle.com>,
        "Mauro Carvalho Chehab" <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH] IB/sa: Fix memleak in ib_nl_make_request

> On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 04:13:14PM +0800, Dinghao Liu wrote:
> > When rdma_nl_multicast() fails, skb should be freed
> > just like when ibnl_put_msg() fails.
> 
> It is not so simple as you wrote in the description.
> 
> There are no other places in the linux kernel that free
> SKBs after netlink_multicast() failure.
> 

It's clear for me, thanks.

Regards,
Dinghao