netdev - Re: [PATCH][next] net/mlx5e: fix memory leak of tls

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Date:   Tue, 30 Jun 2020 13:38:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     colin.king@...onical.com
Cc:     borisp@...lanox.com, saeedm@...lanox.com, leon@...nel.org,
        kuba@...nel.org, tariqt@...lanox.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] net/mlx5e: fix memory leak of tls

From: Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 16:16:46 +0100

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The error return path when create_singlethread_workqueue fails currently
> does not kfree tls and leads to a memory leak. Fix this by kfree'ing
> tls before returning -ENOMEM.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Resource leak")
> Fixes: 1182f3659357 ("net/mlx5e: kTLS, Add kTLS RX HW offload support")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Applied, thanks.