netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net/mlx5e: Fix possible memory leak

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Date:   Thu, 18 May 2017 18:58:10 +0300
From:   Yuval Shaia <yuval.shaia@...cle.com>
To:     Wei Yongjun <weiyj.lk@...il.com>
Cc:     Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        Matan Barak <matanb@...lanox.com>,
        Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>,
        Hadar Hen Zion <hadarh@...lanox.com>,
        Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@...wei.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net/mlx5e: Fix possible memory leak

On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 03:34:41PM +0000, Wei Yongjun wrote:
> From: Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@...wei.com>
> 
> 'encap_header' is malloced and should be freed before leaving from
> the error handling cases, otherwise it will cause memory leak.
> 
> Fixes: 232c001398ae ("net/mlx5e: Add support to neighbour update flow")
> Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@...wei.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
> index 11c27e4..a72ecbc 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
> @@ -1404,8 +1404,8 @@ static int mlx5e_create_encap_header_ipv4(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
>  
>  	if (!(nud_state & NUD_VALID)) {
>  		neigh_event_send(n, NULL);
> -		neigh_release(n);
> -		return -EAGAIN;
> +		err = -EAGAIN;
> +		goto out;
>  	}
>  
>  	err = mlx5_encap_alloc(priv->mdev, e->tunnel_type,
> @@ -1510,8 +1510,8 @@ static int mlx5e_create_encap_header_ipv6(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
>  
>  	if (!(nud_state & NUD_VALID)) {
>  		neigh_event_send(n, NULL);
> -		neigh_release(n);
> -		return -EAGAIN;
> +		err = -EAGAIN;
> +		goto out;
>  	}

Reviewed-by: Yuval Shaia <yuval.shaia@...cle.com>

>  
>  	err = mlx5_encap_alloc(priv->mdev, e->tunnel_type,
> 
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