linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] staging: rtl8712: add two validation check in r8712_init_drv

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Date:   Tue, 5 Apr 2022 09:10:24 +0800
From:   <xkernel.wang@...mail.com>
To:     "'Greg KH'" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>, <florian.c.schilhabel@...glemail.com>,
        <linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] staging: rtl8712: add two validation check in r8712_init_drv_sw()

On Monday, April 4, 2022 10:30 PM +0800, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org wrote:
> You just leaked memory :(
>
> please please please test these types of "fix up error handling"
> changes, as there are lots and lots of ways to get these wrong.
>

It seems that you missed the third email in this series.

In fact, I did not ignore the memory leak problem. But considering that there are other paths which can also lead to memory leak, I separated another patch to deal with them specifically.

In the next version, I will adjust the sequence of the patches and add some descriptions to explicitly show the relations.

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Regards,
Xiaoke Wang