Re: [PATCH v6 3/5] rxrpc: check return value of skb_to_sgvec always

[Jason A. Donenfeld]

Hi Sabrina,

Thanks for the review.

On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 1:41 PM, Sabrina Dubroca <sd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >       sg_init_table(sg, nsg);
> > -     skb_to_sgvec(skb, sg, offset, len);
> > +     if (unlikely(skb_to_sgvec(skb, sg, offset, len) < 0))
> > +             goto nomem;
>
> You're leaking sg when nsg > 4, you'll need to add this:
>
>         if (sg != _sg)
>                 kfree(sg);

Nice catch. I'll fix this up in the next revision.


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> BTW, when you resubmit, please Cc: the maintainers of the files you're
> changing for each patch, so that they can review this stuff. And send
> patch 1 to all of them, otherwise they might be surprised that we even
> need <0 checking after calls to skb_to_sgvec.
>
> You might also want to add a cover letter.

Both good ideas. Will do.

Jason