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[net,1/2] bnxt_en: Fix possible memory leak when hwrm_req_replace fails

Message ID 20250104043849.3482067-2-michael.chan@broadcom.com (mailing list archive)
State New
Delegated to: Netdev Maintainers
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Series bnxt_en: 2 Bug fixes | expand

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Commit Message

Michael Chan Jan. 4, 2025, 4:38 a.m. UTC 
From: Kalesh AP <kalesh-anakkur.purayil@broadcom.com>

When hwrm_req_replace() fails, the driver is not invoking bnxt_req_drop()
which could cause a memory leak.

Fixes: bbf33d1d9805 ("bnxt_en: update all firmware calls to use the new APIs")
Reviewed-by: Pavan Chebbi <pavan.chebbi@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalesh AP <kalesh-anakkur.purayil@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <michael.chan@broadcom.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ulp.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ulp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ulp.c
index b771c84cdd89..0ed26e3a28f4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ulp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ulp.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@  int bnxt_send_msg(struct bnxt_en_dev *edev,
 
 	rc = hwrm_req_replace(bp, req, fw_msg->msg, fw_msg->msg_len);
 	if (rc)
-		return rc;
+		goto drop_req;
 
 	hwrm_req_timeout(bp, req, fw_msg->timeout);
 	resp = hwrm_req_hold(bp, req);
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@  int bnxt_send_msg(struct bnxt_en_dev *edev,
 
 		memcpy(fw_msg->resp, resp, resp_len);
 	}
+drop_req:
 	hwrm_req_drop(bp, req);
 	return rc;
 }