staging: r8712u: Handle some false positives from kmemleak
authorLarry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Sat, 4 Jun 2016 01:17:37 +0000 (20:17 -0500)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Sun, 21 Aug 2016 16:28:49 +0000 (18:28 +0200)
When this driver preallocates some URBs, kmemleak is unable to find that
allocated memory when it scans. When the driver is unloaded, that memory
is reclaimed, therefore, the report is a false positive.

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/staging/rtl8712/xmit_linux.c

index 1e86133..4ee4136 100644 (file)
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <linux/usb.h>
 #include <linux/ip.h>
 #include <linux/if_ether.h>
+#include <linux/kmemleak.h>
 
 #include "osdep_service.h"
 #include "drv_types.h"
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ int r8712_xmit_resource_alloc(struct _adapter *padapter,
                        netdev_err(padapter->pnetdev, "pxmitbuf->pxmit_urb[i] == NULL\n");
                        return _FAIL;
                }
+               kmemleak_not_leak(pxmitbuf->pxmit_urb[i]);
        }
        return _SUCCESS;
 }