netdev - Re: [PATCH] net/mlx5e: fix bpf_prog refcnt leaks in mlx5e_alloc

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Date:   Wed, 29 Jul 2020 13:28:42 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     saeedm@...lanox.com
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/mlx5e: fix bpf_prog refcnt leaks in mlx5e_alloc_rq

From: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 19:02:15 +0000

> On Wed, 2020-07-29 at 20:33 +0800, Xin Xiong wrote:
>> The function invokes bpf_prog_inc(), which increases the refcount of
>> a
>> bpf_prog object "rq->xdp_prog" if the object isn't NULL.
>> 
>> The refcount leak issues take place in two error handling paths. When
>> mlx5_wq_ll_create() or mlx5_wq_cyc_create() fails, the function
>> simply
>> returns the error code and forgets to drop the refcount increased
>> earlier, causing a refcount leak of "rq->xdp_prog".
>> 
>> Fix this issue by jumping to the error handling path
>> err_rq_wq_destroy
>> when either function fails.
>> 
> 
> Fixes: 422d4c401edd ("net/mlx5e: RX, Split WQ objects for different RQ
> types")

Saeed, are you going to take this into your tree or would you like me to
apply it directly?

Thanks.