[PATCH] kernel/taskstats.c: add nla_nest_cancel() for failure processingbetween nla_nest_start() and nla_nest_end()

[Chen Gang]

When failure occurs between nla_nest_start() and nla_nest_end(), need
call nla_nest_cancel() to clean up related things.

Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/taskstats.c |    8 ++++++--
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/taskstats.c b/kernel/taskstats.c
index 145bb4d..1db6808 100644
--- a/kernel/taskstats.c
+++ b/kernel/taskstats.c
@@ -404,11 +404,15 @@ static struct taskstats *mk_reply(struct sk_buff *skb, int type, u32 pid)
 	if (!na)
 		goto err;
 
-	if (nla_put(skb, type, sizeof(pid), &pid) < 0)
+	if (nla_put(skb, type, sizeof(pid), &pid) < 0) {
+		nla_nest_cancel(skb, na);
 		goto err;
+	}
 	ret = nla_reserve(skb, TASKSTATS_TYPE_STATS, sizeof(struct taskstats));
-	if (!ret)
+	if (!ret) {
+		nla_nest_cancel(skb, na);
 		goto err;
+	}
 	nla_nest_end(skb, na);
 
 	return nla_data(ret);
-- 
1.7.7.6
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