netdev - Re: [PATCH] nfp: flower: fix memory leak in nfp_flower_spawn_vnic

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Date:   Fri, 27 Sep 2019 16:06:40 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdoost@...il.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, oss-drivers@...ronome.com
Cc:     Navid Emamdoost <emamd001@....edu>, Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>,
        Stephen A McCamant <smccaman@....edu>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Frederik Lotter <frederik.lotter@...ronome.com>,
        John Hurley <john.hurley@...ronome.com>,
        Pieter Jansen van Vuuren 
        <pieter.jansenvanvuuren@...ronome.com>,
        Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nfp: flower: fix memory leak in
 nfp_flower_spawn_vnic_reprs

> @@ -433,6 +435,7 @@ nfp_flower_spawn_vnic_reprs(struct nfp_app *app,
>  		err = nfp_repr_init(app, repr,
>  				    port_id, port, priv->nn->dp.netdev);
>  		if (err) {
> +			kfree(repr_priv);
>  			nfp_port_free(port);
>  			nfp_repr_free(repr);
>  			goto err_reprs_clean;

How do you think about to move common exception handling code
to the end of this function implementation by using another jump target?

Regards,
Markus