netdev - RE: [PATCH net] bnx2x: avoid leaking memory on bnx2x_init

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Message-ID: <CO2PR11MB00881722285408A691C4D92997460@CO2PR11MB0088.namprd11.prod.outlook.com>
Date:	Tue, 31 May 2016 06:46:59 +0000
From:	Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@...gic.com>
To:	Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ariel Elior <Ariel.Elior@...gic.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net] bnx2x: avoid leaking memory on bnx2x_init_one()
 failures

> bnx2x_init_bp() allocates memory with bnx2x_alloc_mem_bp() so if we fail later
> in bnx2x_init_one() we need to free this memory with bnx2x_free_mem_bp() to
> avoid leakages. E.g. I'm observing memory leaks reported by kmemleak when a
> failure (unrelated) happens in bnx2x_vfpf_acquire().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>

Thanks.

Acked-by: Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@...gic.com>