Re: [PATCH v2] wifi: rtw88: fix memory leak in rtw_usb_probe()

From: Dongliang Mu
Date: Wed Mar 08 2023 - 22:53:52 EST




> On Mar 9, 2023, at 11:47, Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dongliang Mu <dzm91@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 9, 2023 10:17 AM
>> To: Yan-Hsuan Chuang <tony0620emma@xxxxxxxxx>; Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx>; David S. Miller
>> <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>; Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>; Paolo Abeni
>> <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Dongliang Mu <dzm91@xxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
>> linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [PATCH v2] wifi: rtw88: fix memory leak in rtw_usb_probe()
>>
>> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c:876 rtw_usb_probe()
>> warn: 'hw' from ieee80211_alloc_hw() not released on lines: 811
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> Can I know which tool can detect this? It would be good to mention the tool
> in commit message.
>

Oh, Smatch, I forget to mention it.

>>
>> Fix this by modifying return to a goto statement.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Dongliang Mu <dzm91@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> v1->v2: modify the commit title
>> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c
>> index 2a8336b1847a..68e1b782d199 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c
>> @@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ int rtw_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf, const struct usb_device_id *id)
>>
>> ret = rtw_usb_alloc_rx_bufs(rtwusb);
>> if (ret)
>> - return ret;
>> + goto err_release_hw;
>>
>> ret = rtw_core_init(rtwdev);
>> if (ret)
>> --
>> 2.39.2