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RE: [PATCH] qed: fix memory leak of a qed_spq_entry on error failure paths

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> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
> 
> A qed_spq_entry entry is allocated by qed_sp_init_request but is not kfree'd
> if an error occurs, causing a memory leak. Fix this by kfree'ing it and also
> setting *pp_ent to NULL to be safe.
> 
> Found with static analysis by CoverityScan, CIDs 1389468-1389470
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
...
> +err:
> +	kfree(*pp_ent);
> +	*pp_ent = NULL;
> +
> +	return rc;
>  }

Hi Colin - thanks for this.
It would have been preferable to return the previously allocated spq entry.
I.e., do:

+err:
+	qed_spq_return_entry(p_hwfn, *pp_ent);
+	*pp_ent = NULL;
+	return rc;

Thanks,
Yuval

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[PATCH] qed: fix memory leak of a qed_spq_entry on error failure paths Colin King <colin.king@canonical.com> - 2016-12-16 14:00 +0100
  RE: [PATCH] qed: fix memory leak of a qed_spq_entry on error failure  paths "Mintz, Yuval" <Yuval.Mintz@cavium.com> - 2016-12-18 07:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] qed: fix memory leak of a qed_spq_entry on error  failure paths David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-12-18 16:40 +0100

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