netdev - Re: [PATCH] pktgen: Fix memory leak in pktgen_if

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Date:   Wed, 14 Mar 2018 09:40:35 +0100
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Wang Jian <jianjian.wang1@...il.com>,
        Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pktgen: Fix memory leak in pktgen_if_write

On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 9:07 AM, Gustavo A. R. Silva
<gustavo@...eddedor.com> wrote:
> _buf_ is an array and the one that must be freed is _tp_ instead.
>
> Fixes: a870a02cc963 ("pktgen: use dynamic allocation for debug print buffer")
> Reported-by: Wang Jian <jianjian.wang1@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@...eddedor.com>

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Thanks for fixing up my mistake so quickly, and thanks to Wang for the report

I was about to send the same patch, but you got there first.