netdev - [net-next 11/15] i40e: fix memory leak

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Date:   Thu, 18 Aug 2016 14:57:32 -0700
From:   Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:     davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     Mitch Williams <mitch.a.williams@...el.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, nhorman@...hat.com, sassmann@...hat.com,
        jogreene@...hat.com, guru.anbalagane@...cle.com,
        Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: [net-next 11/15] i40e: fix memory leak

From: Mitch Williams <mitch.a.williams@...el.com>

When we allocate memory, we must free it. It's simple courtesy.

Change-ID: Id007294096fb53344f1a8b9a0f78eddf9853c5d6
Signed-off-by: Mitch Williams <mitch.a.williams@...el.com>
Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
index 5ea659c..68e3482 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
@@ -2318,6 +2318,7 @@ err:
 	/* send the response back to the VF */
 	aq_ret = i40e_vc_send_msg_to_vf(vf, I40E_VIRTCHNL_OP_GET_RSS_HENA_CAPS,
 					aq_ret, (u8 *)vrh, len);
+	kfree(vrh);
 	return aq_ret;
 }
 
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