netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: sched: fix unbalance in the error path of tca_action

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Message-Id: <20180216.154339.783470229316014168.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Fri, 16 Feb 2018 15:43:39 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     dcaratti@...hat.com
Cc:     jiri@...nulli.us, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, jhs@...atatu.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: sched: fix unbalance in the error path of
 tca_action_flush()

From: Davide Caratti <dcaratti@...hat.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 15:50:57 +0100

> When tca_action_flush() calls the action walk() and gets an error,
> a successful call to nla_nest_start() is not followed by a call to
> nla_nest_cancel(). It's harmless, as the skb is freed in the error
> path - but it's worth to fix this unbalance.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Davide Caratti <dcaratti@...hat.com>

Applied to net-next, thanks.