Re: [PATCH v2] net/mlx4_en: fix a memory leak bug

[Tariq Toukan]

On 8/12/2019 10:11 PM, Wenwen Wang wrote:
> In mlx4_en_config_rss_steer(), 'rss_map->indir_qp' is allocated through
> kzalloc(). After that, mlx4_qp_alloc() is invoked to configure RSS
> indirection. However, if mlx4_qp_alloc() fails, the allocated
> 'rss_map->indir_qp' is not deallocated, leading to a memory leak bug.
> 
> To fix the above issue, add the 'qp_alloc_err' label to free
> 'rss_map->indir_qp'.
> 
> Fixes: 4931c6ef04b4 ("net/mlx4_en: Optimized single ring steering")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wenwen Wang <wenwen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c | 3 ++-
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
> index 6c01314..db3552f 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
> @@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@ int mlx4_en_config_rss_steer(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv)
>   	err = mlx4_qp_alloc(mdev->dev, priv->base_qpn, rss_map->indir_qp);
>   	if (err) {
>   		en_err(priv, "Failed to allocate RSS indirection QP\n");
> -		goto rss_err;
> +		goto qp_alloc_err;
>   	}
>   
>   	rss_map->indir_qp->event = mlx4_en_sqp_event;
> @@ -1241,6 +1241,7 @@ int mlx4_en_config_rss_steer(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv)
>   		       MLX4_QP_STATE_RST, NULL, 0, 0, rss_map->indir_qp);
>   	mlx4_qp_remove(mdev->dev, rss_map->indir_qp);
>   	mlx4_qp_free(mdev->dev, rss_map->indir_qp);
> +qp_alloc_err:
>   	kfree(rss_map->indir_qp);
>   	rss_map->indir_qp = NULL;
>   rss_err:
> 

Thanks for your patch.
Reviewed-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>