Re: [PATCH rdma-rc] RDMA/bnxt_re: Fix a potential memory leak in destroy_gsi_sqp

[Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>]

On Fri, Sep 19, 2025 at 01:42:38PM +0800, YanLong Dai wrote:
> From: daiyanlong <daiyanlong@kylinos.cn>
> 
> The current error handling path in bnxt_re_destroy_gsi_sqp() could lead
> to a resource leak. When bnxt_qplib_destroy_qp() fails, the function
> jumps to the 'fail' label and returns immediately, skipping the call
> to bnxt_qplib_free_qp_res().
> 
> Continue the resource teardown even if bnxt_qplib_destroy_qp() fails,
> which aligns with the driver's general error handling strategy and
> prevents the potential leak.
> 
> Fixes: 8dae419f9ec73 ("RDMA/bnxt_re: Refactor queue pair creation code")
> 
> Signed-off-by: daiyanlong <daiyanlong@kylinos.cn>

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> ---
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c | 7 ++-----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c
> index 260dc67b8b87..15d3f5d5c0ee 100644
> --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c
> @@ -931,10 +931,9 @@ static int bnxt_re_destroy_gsi_sqp(struct bnxt_re_qp *qp)
>  
>  	ibdev_dbg(&rdev->ibdev, "Destroy the shadow QP\n");
>  	rc = bnxt_qplib_destroy_qp(&rdev->qplib_res, &gsi_sqp->qplib_qp);
> -	if (rc) {
> +	if (rc)
>  		ibdev_err(&rdev->ibdev, "Destroy Shadow QP failed");
> -		goto fail;
> -	}
> +
>  	bnxt_qplib_free_qp_res(&rdev->qplib_res, &gsi_sqp->qplib_qp);
>  
>  	/* remove from active qp list */
> @@ -951,8 +950,6 @@ static int bnxt_re_destroy_gsi_sqp(struct bnxt_re_qp *qp)
>  	rdev->gsi_ctx.sqp_tbl = NULL;
>  
>  	return 0;
> -fail:
> -	return rc;
>  }
>  
>  /* Queue Pairs */
> -- 
> 2.43.0
>