[PATCH] mlx4: fix kfree on error path in new_steering_entry()

From: Mariusz Kozlowski
Date: Sun Apr 03 2011 - 17:26:46 EST


On error path kfree() should get pointer to memory allocated by
kmalloc() not the address of variable holding it (which is on stack).

Signed-off-by: Mariusz Kozlowski <mk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/mlx4/mcg.c | 4 ++--
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mcg.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/mcg.c
index 37150b2..c6d336a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mcg.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mcg.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static int new_steering_entry(struct mlx4_dev *dev, u8 vep_num, u8 port,
u32 members_count;
struct mlx4_steer_index *new_entry;
struct mlx4_promisc_qp *pqp;
- struct mlx4_promisc_qp *dqp;
+ struct mlx4_promisc_qp *dqp = NULL;
u32 prot;
int err;
u8 pf_num;
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ out_mailbox:
out_alloc:
if (dqp) {
list_del(&dqp->list);
- kfree(&dqp);
+ kfree(dqp);
}
list_del(&new_entry->list);
kfree(new_entry);
--
1.7.0.4

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