[PATCH v2 3/6] net/iavf: fix memory leak on error when adding flow parser
Loftus, Ciara
ciara.loftus at intel.com
Thu Jul 9 14:35:49 CEST 2026
> Subject: [PATCH v2 3/6] net/iavf: fix memory leak on error when adding flow
> parser
>
> In iavf_register_flow_parser, the final "else" branch is an error leg
This should read "iavf_register_parser" instead of
"iavf_register_flow_parser".
Other than that
Acked-by: Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus at intel.com>
> which returns immediately, without adding the newly allocated
> parser_node to a TAILQ. Add a free call for that parser_node in the
> error case to avoid leaking memory.
>
> Fixes: ff2d0c345c3b ("net/iavf: support generic flow API")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
>
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_generic_flow.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_generic_flow.c
> b/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_generic_flow.c
> index 84bb161bd1..92ca20031c 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_generic_flow.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_generic_flow.c
> @@ -1911,6 +1911,7 @@ iavf_register_parser(struct iavf_flow_parser
> *parser,
> list = &vf->dist_parser_list;
> TAILQ_INSERT_HEAD(list, parser_node, node);
> } else {
> + rte_free(parser_node);
> return -EINVAL;
> }
>
> --
> 2.53.0
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