For linux-3.18.0
The driver calls kcalloc to allocate memory for adapter->shadow_vfta
in igb_sw_init, but kfree is not called in error handling of igb_probe.
So when register_netdev or igb_init_i2c is failed, a memory leak occurs.
This patch fixes this problem, and it has been tested in runtime.
Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1...@163.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
index 487cd9c..a0be1e5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -2659,6 +2659,7 @@ err_eeprom:
if (hw->flash_address)
iounmap(hw->flash_address);
err_sw_init:
+ kfree(adapter->shadow_vfta);
igb_clear_interrupt_scheme(adapter);
pci_iounmap(pdev, hw->hw_addr);
err_ioremap:
--
1.7.9.5
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