netdev - Re: [PATCH] i40e: Fix possible memory leak in i40e_dbg_dump

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Message-ID: <1417982252.2399.51.camel@jtkirshe-mobl>
Date:	Sun, 07 Dec 2014 11:57:32 -0800
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	kbuild@...org, Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@...el.com>,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, nhorman@...hat.com,
	sassmann@...hat.com, jogreene@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i40e: Fix possible memory leak in i40e_dbg_dump_desc

On Sat, 2014-12-06 at 06:03 -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> I didn't notice that return in the code, fix it by
> adding a goto out instead to free the memory.
> 
> Fixes:
> 
> > New smatch warnings:
> > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c:832
> i40e_dbg_dump_desc() warn: possible memory leak of 'ring'
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> Noticed-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com> (go smatch)
> ---
> 
> Jeff Kirsher can legitimately give me a hard time now...
> Thanks Dan.
> 
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Thanks Joe, I have added your patch to my queue.

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