linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] wifi: mt76: Fix memory leak after mt76_connac_mcu_alloc_sta

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Message-ID: <d16ff74d-aa01-4b3a-aa76-9ac9a5c6c86b@web.de>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:56:58 +0100
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Zilin Guan <zilin@....edu.cn>, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
 Felix Fietkau <nbd@....name>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 Angelo Gioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>,
 Jianhao Xu <jianhao.xu@....edu.cn>, Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org>,
 Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>, Ryder Lee
 <ryder.lee@...iatek.com>, Sean Wang <sean.wang@...iatek.com>,
 Shayne Chen <shayne.chen@...iatek.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: mt76: Fix memory leak after
 mt76_connac_mcu_alloc_sta_req()

…
> Fix this by explicitly freeing the skb in these error paths.
…

How do you think about to avoid a bit of duplicate source code here?
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst?h=v6.19-rc5#n526

Regards,
Markus