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Re: [PATCH] ath10k: fix memory leak on caldata on error exit path

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On 02/09/16 16:45, Valo, Kalle wrote:
> Colin King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> caldata is not being free'd on the error exit path, causing
>> a memory leak. kfree it to fix the leak.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c | 1 +
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c
>> index 9a22c47..886337c 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c
>> @@ -2725,6 +2725,7 @@ static int ath10k_pci_hif_fetch_cal_eeprom(struct ath10k *ar, void **data,
>>  	return 0;
>>  
>>  err_free:
>> +	kfree(caldata);
>>  	kfree(data);
>>  
>>  	return -EINVAL;
> 
> I don't think we should free data at all:
> 
> static int ath10k_download_cal_eeprom(struct ath10k *ar)
> {
> 	size_t data_len;
> 	void *data = NULL;
> 	int ret;
> 
> 	ret = ath10k_hif_fetch_cal_eeprom(ar, &data, &data_len);
> 
> Instead we should free only caldata, right?
> 
Yep, good catch, I'll send V2 later.

Colin



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