There are few functions where we need to free previously allocated memory when kmalloc fails.Else it may lead to memory leakage.In _init_cmd_priv() and _r8712_init_xmit_priv(),in few places we are not freeing previously allocated memory when kmalloc fails. Signed-off-by: Souptick joarder <jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx> --- Changes in v2: -Make the commit message more cleaner. drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_cmd.c | 4 +++- drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.c | 4 +++- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_cmd.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_cmd.c index b7ee5e6..1f284ae 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_cmd.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_cmd.c @@ -72,8 +72,10 @@ static sint _init_cmd_priv(struct cmd_priv *pcmdpriv) ((addr_t)(pcmdpriv->cmd_allocated_buf) & (CMDBUFF_ALIGN_SZ - 1)); pcmdpriv->rsp_allocated_buf = kmalloc(MAX_RSPSZ + 4, GFP_ATOMIC); - if (!pcmdpriv->rsp_allocated_buf) + if (!pcmdpriv->rsp_allocated_buf) { + kfree(pcmdpriv->cmd_allocated_buf); + pcmdpriv->cmd_allocated_buf = NULL; return _FAIL; + } pcmdpriv->rsp_buf = pcmdpriv->rsp_allocated_buf + 4 - ((addr_t)(pcmdpriv->rsp_allocated_buf) & 3); pcmdpriv->cmd_issued_cnt = 0; diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.c index be38364..f335161 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.c @@ -128,8 +128,10 @@ sint _r8712_init_xmit_priv(struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv, _init_queue(&pxmitpriv->pending_xmitbuf_queue); pxmitpriv->pallocated_xmitbuf = kmalloc(NR_XMITBUFF * sizeof(struct xmit_buf) + 4, GFP_ATOMIC); - if (!pxmitpriv->pallocated_xmitbuf) + if (!pxmitpriv->pallocated_xmitbuf) { + kfree(pxmitpriv->pallocated_frame_buf); + pxmitpriv->pallocated_frame_buf = NULL; return _FAIL; + } pxmitpriv->pxmitbuf = pxmitpriv->pallocated_xmitbuf + 4 - ((addr_t)(pxmitpriv->pallocated_xmitbuf) & 3); pxmitbuf = (struct xmit_buf *)pxmitpriv->pxmitbuf; -- 1.9.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel