Re: [PATCH v2] staging: wfx: Fix a memory leak in 'wfx_upload_beacon'

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On Saturday 2 November 2019 16:59:45 CET Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> The current code is a no-op, because all it can do is 'dev_kfree_skb(NULL)'
> Remove the test before 'dev_kfree_skb()'
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> V2: remove the 'if(...)', 'dev_kfree_skb()' can handle NULL.
> ---
>  drivers/staging/wfx/sta.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/wfx/sta.c b/drivers/staging/wfx/sta.c
> index 688586e823c0..93f3739b5f3a 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/wfx/sta.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/wfx/sta.c
> @@ -906,8 +906,7 @@ static int wfx_upload_beacon(struct wfx_vif *wvif)
>         wfx_fwd_probe_req(wvif, false);
> 
>  done:
> -       if (!skb)
> -               dev_kfree_skb(skb);
> +       dev_kfree_skb(skb);
>         return ret;
>  }
> 
> --
> 2.20.1
> 

In add, value of skb is tested earlier in function. So, it is guaranteed to be 
never NULL.

Reviewed-by: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@xxxxxxxxxx>

-- 
Jérôme Pouiller





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