netdev - Re: [PATCH] ath11k: mhi: fix potential memory leak in ath11k_mhi

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Message-ID: <166279123716.2050.14052144817465731004.kvalo@kernel.org>
Date:   Sat, 10 Sep 2022 06:27:19 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
To:     Jianglei Nie <niejianglei2021@....com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
        pabeni@...hat.com, ath11k@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jianglei Nie <niejianglei2021@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath11k: mhi: fix potential memory leak in
 ath11k_mhi_register()

Jianglei Nie <niejianglei2021@....com> wrote:

> mhi_alloc_controller() allocates a memory space for mhi_ctrl. When gets
> some error, mhi_ctrl should be freed with mhi_free_controller(). But
> when ath11k_mhi_read_addr_from_dt() fails, the function returns without
> calling mhi_free_controller(), which will lead to a memory leak.
> 
> We can fix it by calling mhi_free_controller() when
> ath11k_mhi_read_addr_from_dt() fails.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jianglei Nie <niejianglei2021@....com>
> Reviewed-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@...cinc.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@...cinc.com>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

43e7c3505ec7 wifi: ath11k: mhi: fix potential memory leak in ath11k_mhi_register()

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20220907073704.58806-1-niejianglei2021@163.com/

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