On 28/05/2020 16:55, Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote: > On 28/05/2020 18:53, Colin Ian King wrote: >> On 28/05/2020 15:55, Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote: >>> On 28/05/2020 17:53, Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote: >>>> On 28/05/2020 17:51, Colin King wrote: >>>>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>>> >>>>> The allocation failure check for nhg->spare is currently checking >>>>> the pointer nhg rather than nhg->spare which is never false. Fix >>>>> this by checking nhg->spare instead. >>>>> >>>>> Addresses-Coverity: ("Logically dead code") >>>>> Fixes: 430a049190de ("nexthop: Add support for nexthop groups") >>>>> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>>> --- >>>>> net/ipv4/nexthop.c | 2 +- >>>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) >>>>> >>>>> diff --git a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c >>>>> index ebafa5ed91ac..97423d6f2de9 100644 >>>>> --- a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c >>>>> +++ b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c >>>>> @@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ static struct nexthop *nexthop_create_group(struct net *net, >>>>> >>>>> /* spare group used for removals */ >>>>> nhg->spare = nexthop_grp_alloc(num_nh); >>>>> - if (!nhg) { >>>>> + if (!nhg->spare) { >>>>> kfree(nhg); >>>>> kfree(nh); >>>>> return NULL; >>>>> >>>> >>>> Good catch, embarrassing copy paste error :-/ >>>> Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> >>> >>> Wait - that should be targeted at -net, that's where the fixes went. >>> And the fixes tag is wrong, nhg->spare was very recently added by: >>> commit 90f33bffa382 >>> Author: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> Date: Tue May 26 12:56:15 2020 -0600 >>> >>> nexthops: don't modify published nexthop groups >>> >> >> Do you require me to fix this up and re-send? >> >> Colin >> > > Up to you, it will go to the same stable releases as that fix used the same > Fixes tag, so it's really not an issue. > OK, I'll let it slip and won't send a V2. Thanks