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[PATCH] iw: reorder some code in iw_connect to avoid a potential memory leak

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From: "John W. Linville" <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

>From Coverity run on version 3.10:

iw-3.10/connect.c:104:leaked_storage –
	Variable "conn_argv" going out of scope leaks the storage it points to.

Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 connect.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/connect.c b/connect.c
index 74e4578..fb3b2fe 100644
--- a/connect.c
+++ b/connect.c
@@ -94,15 +94,15 @@ static int iw_connect(struct nl80211_state *state, struct nl_cb *cb,
 		argv++;
 	}
 
+	err = __prepare_listen_events(state);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
 	conn_argc = 3 + argc;
 	conn_argv = calloc(conn_argc, sizeof(*conn_argv));
 	if (!conn_argv)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	err = __prepare_listen_events(state);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-
 	conn_argv[0] = dev;
 	conn_argv[1] = "connect";
 	conn_argv[2] = "establish";
-- 
1.8.1.4

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