linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] function mana_hwc_create

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Date:   Thu, 10 Jun 2021 17:18:14 +0000
From:   Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
To:     Dhiraj Shah <find.dhiraj@...il.com>
CC:     KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Shachar Raindel <shacharr@...rosoft.com>,
        Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        "linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] function mana_hwc_create_wq leaks memory

> From: Dhiraj Shah <find.dhiraj@...il.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2021 8:29 AM
>  ...
> memory space allocated for the queue in function
> mana_gd_create_hwc_queue is not freed during error condition.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dhiraj Shah <find.dhiraj@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/hw_channel.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/hw_channel.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/hw_channel.c
> index 1a923fd99990..4aa4bda518fb 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/hw_channel.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/hw_channel.c
> @@ -501,8 +501,10 @@ static int mana_hwc_create_wq(struct
> hw_channel_context *hwc,
>  	*hwc_wq_ptr = hwc_wq;
>  	return 0;
>  out:
> -	if (err)
> +	if (err) {

Here the 'err' must be non-zero. Can you please remove this 'if'?

> +		kfree(queue);
>  		mana_hwc_destroy_wq(hwc, hwc_wq);
> +	}
>  	return err;
>  }

Reviewed-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>