netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net/mlx4_core: Fix to clean devlink resources

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Date:   Thu, 22 Sep 2016 01:41:43 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     tariqt@...lanox.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, eranbe@...lanox.com, kamalh@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net/mlx4_core: Fix to clean devlink resources

From: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 14:55:31 +0300

> From: Kamal Heib <kamalh@...lanox.com>
> 
> This patch cleans devlink resources by calling devlink_port_unregister()
> to avoid the following issues:
> 
> - Kernel panic when triggering reset flow.
> - Memory leak due to unfreed resources in mlx4_init_port_info().
> 
> Fixes: 09d4d087cd48 ("mlx4: Implement devlink interface")
> Signed-off-by: Kamal Heib <kamalh@...lanox.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>
> ---
> Please push it to -stable  >= 4.6 as well. Thanks.

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.