netdev - [patch net 2/3] mlxsw: switchx2: Fix memory leak at skb reallocation

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Date:   Thu, 12 Jan 2017 09:10:38 +0100
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, arkadis@...lanox.com, eladr@...lanox.com,
        yotamg@...lanox.com, nogahf@...lanox.com, idosch@...lanox.com
Subject: [patch net 2/3] mlxsw: switchx2: Fix memory leak at skb reallocation

From: Arkadi Sharshevsky <arkadis@...lanox.com>

During transmission the skb is checked for headroom in order to
add vendor specific header. In case the skb needs to be re-allocated,
skb_realloc_headroom() is called to make a private copy of the original,
but doesn't release it. Current code assumes that the original skb is
released during reallocation and only releases it at the error path
which causes a memory leak.

Fix this by adding the original skb release to the main path.

Fixes: d003462a50de ("mlxsw: Simplify mlxsw_sx_port_xmit function")
Signed-off-by: Arkadi Sharshevsky <arkadis@...lanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/switchx2.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/switchx2.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/switchx2.c
index 150ccf5..2e88115e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/switchx2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/switchx2.c
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t mlxsw_sx_port_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			dev_kfree_skb_any(skb_orig);
 			return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 		}
+		dev_consume_skb_any(skb_orig);
 	}
 	mlxsw_sx_txhdr_construct(skb, &tx_info);
 	/* TX header is consumed by HW on the way so we shouldn't count its
-- 
2.7.4