[PATCH net v2 1/2] octeontx2-pf: fix netdev memory leak in rvu_rep_create()
From: Harshit Mogalapalli <hidden>
Date: 2024-12-17 05:23:55
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marvell octeontx2 physical function driver, networking drivers, the rest · Maintainers:
Sunil Goutham, Geetha sowjanya, Ratheesh Kannoth, Subbaraya Sundeep, Bharat Bhushan, Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds
When rvu_rep_devlink_port_register() fails, free_netdev(ndev) for this
incomplete iteration before going to "exit:" label.
Fixes: 9ed0343f561e ("octeontx2-pf: Add devlink port support")
Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Harshit Mogalapalli <redacted>
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v1-->v2: Change the Fixes tag to the correct one as pointed out by Przemek
---
drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/rep.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/rep.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/rep.c
index 232b10740c13..9e3fcbae5dee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/rep.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/rep.c@@ -680,8 +680,10 @@ int rvu_rep_create(struct otx2_nic *priv, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack) ndev->features |= ndev->hw_features; eth_hw_addr_random(ndev); err = rvu_rep_devlink_port_register(rep); - if (err) + if (err) { + free_netdev(ndev); goto exit; + } SET_NETDEV_DEVLINK_PORT(ndev, &rep->dl_port); err = register_netdev(ndev);
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