[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH] e1000: fix memory leaks

Wenwen Wang wenwen at cs.uga.edu
Mon Aug 12 05:59:21 UTC 2019


In e1000_set_ringparam(), 'tx_old' and 'rx_old' are not deallocated if
e1000_up() fails, leading to memory leaks. Refactor the code to fix this
issue.

Signed-off-by: Wenwen Wang <wenwen at cs.uga.edu>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
index a410085..2e07ffa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
@@ -607,6 +607,7 @@ static int e1000_set_ringparam(struct net_device *netdev,
 	for (i = 0; i < adapter->num_rx_queues; i++)
 		rxdr[i].count = rxdr->count;
 
+	err = 0;
 	if (netif_running(adapter->netdev)) {
 		/* Try to get new resources before deleting old */
 		err = e1000_setup_all_rx_resources(adapter);
@@ -627,14 +628,13 @@ static int e1000_set_ringparam(struct net_device *netdev,
 		adapter->rx_ring = rxdr;
 		adapter->tx_ring = txdr;
 		err = e1000_up(adapter);
-		if (err)
-			goto err_setup;
 	}
 	kfree(tx_old);
 	kfree(rx_old);
 
 	clear_bit(__E1000_RESETTING, &adapter->flags);
-	return 0;
+	return err;
+
 err_setup_tx:
 	e1000_free_all_rx_resources(adapter);
 err_setup_rx:
@@ -646,7 +646,6 @@ static int e1000_set_ringparam(struct net_device *netdev,
 err_alloc_tx:
 	if (netif_running(adapter->netdev))
 		e1000_up(adapter);
-err_setup:
 	clear_bit(__E1000_RESETTING, &adapter->flags);
 	return err;
 }
-- 
2.7.4



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