Re: [PATCH] net: mediatek: fix PPE resource leak on remove

From: Lorenzo Bianconi

Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 03:03:13 EST


> mtk_ppe_init() initializes the l2_flows rhashtable for each PPE
> instance.
>
> The probe failure path releases these resources with
> mtk_ppe_deinit(). However, after a successful probe, mtk_remove()
> tears down the network devices without calling mtk_ppe_deinit(),
> leaving the PPE rhashtable resources allocated.
>
> Call mtk_ppe_deinit() during device removal before freeing the network
> devices.
>
> This issue was found by manual code inspection.
>
> Fixes: 33fc42de3327 ("net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: support creating mac address based offload entries")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c
> index be3bd025c41a..04d0a1eec4cf 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c
> @@ -5394,6 +5394,7 @@ static void mtk_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>
> netif_napi_del(&eth->tx_napi);
> netif_napi_del(&eth->rx_napi);
> + mtk_ppe_deinit(eth);
> mtk_cleanup(eth);
> free_netdev(eth->dummy_dev);
> mtk_mdio_cleanup(eth);
> --
> 2.43.0
>
>

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