Re: [PATCHv4]Checks for Null value in function *get_skub

[Nick Krause]

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/
cm.c | 8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
index f9477e2..2d56983 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
@@ -340,15 +340,13 @@ static int status2errno(int status)
  */
 static struct sk_buff *get_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, int len, gfp_t gfp)
 {
 if (skb && !skb_is_nonlinear(skb) && !skb_cloned(skb)) {
                skb_trim(skb, 0);
                skb_get(skb);
                skb_reset_transport_header(skb);
        } else {
+               if (skb)
/* NULL is ignored */.
+                       kfree_skb (skb);
                skb = alloc_skb(len, gfp);
        }
        t4_set_arp_err_handler(skb, NULL, NULL);

On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Steve Wise
<swise@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 6/16/2014 10:25 AM, Nicholas Krause wrote:
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>   drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c | 8 +++-----
>>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
>> b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
>> index f9477e2..2d56983 100644
>> --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
>> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
>> @@ -340,15 +340,13 @@ static int status2errno(int status)
>>    */
>>   static struct sk_buff *get_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, int len, gfp_t gfp)
>>   {
>>   if (skb && !skb_is_nonlinear(skb) && !skb_cloned(skb)) {
>>                  skb_trim(skb, 0);
>>                  skb_get(skb);
>>                  skb_reset_transport_header(skb);
>>         } else {
>> +               if (skb)
>> +                       kfree_skb (skb);
>>                 skb = alloc_skb(len, gfp);
>>         }
>>         t4_set_arp_err_handler(skb, NULL, NULL);
>
>
> Can you change the comment?  This patch is now fixing a potential skb leak.
> Also, kfree_sb() will ignore NULL ptrs, so we could just always call it.
> But I'd add a comment like /* NULL is ignored */.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve.
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