Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] net: airoha: Fix an error handling path in airoha_alloc_gdm_port()
From: Simon Horman
Date: Fri May 16 2025 - 16:16:23 EST
On Thu, May 15, 2025 at 09:59:35PM +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> If register_netdev() fails, the error handling path of the probe will not
> free the memory allocated by the previous airoha_metadata_dst_alloc() call
> because port->dev->reg_state will not be NETREG_REGISTERED.
>
> So, an explicit airoha_metadata_dst_free() call is needed in this case to
> avoid a memory leak.
>
> Fixes: af3cf757d5c9 ("net: airoha: Move DSA tag in DMA descriptor")
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - None
>
> Changes in v2:
> - New patch
> v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/5c94b9b3850f7f29ed653e2205325620df28c3ff.1746715755.git.christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Compile tested only.
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>