netdev - Re: [PATCH] i40e: prevent memory leak in i40e_setup

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Date:   Fri, 27 Sep 2019 17:04:45 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdoost@...il.com>,
        intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Navid Emamdoost <emamd001@....edu>, Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>,
        Stephen A McCamant <smccaman@....edu>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jeffrey Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i40e: prevent memory leak in i40e_setup_macvlans

> In i40e_setup_macvlans if i40e_setup_channel fails the allocated memory
> for ch should be released.

I suggest to improve also this change description.


> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
> @@ -7168,6 +7168,7 @@ static int i40e_setup_macvlans(struct i40e_vsi *vsi, u16 macvlan_cnt, u16 qcnt,
>  		ch->num_queue_pairs = qcnt;
>  		if (!i40e_setup_channel(pf, vsi, ch)) {
>  			ret = -EINVAL;
> +			kfree(ch);
>  			goto err_free;
>  		}
>  		ch->parent_vsi = vsi;

Can it matter to perform the added function call before the error code assignment?

Regards,
Markus