linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/10] net: bcmgenet: free netdev on of_match

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Date:   Mon, 4 Dec 2017 17:05:27 -0800
From:   Doug Berger <opendmb@...il.com>
To:     Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>, wg@...ndegger.com,
        mkl@...gutronix.de, michal.simek@...inx.com, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        davem@...emloft.net, Vladislav.Zakharov@...opsys.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/10] net: bcmgenet: free netdev on of_match_node() error

On 12/02/2017 11:26 AM, Arvind Yadav wrote:
> The change is to call free_netdev(), If of_match_node() will fail.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
> index e2f1268..e0a8f79 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
> @@ -3363,8 +3363,10 @@ static int bcmgenet_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  
>  	if (dn) {
>  		of_id = of_match_node(bcmgenet_match, dn);
> -		if (!of_id)
> -			return -EINVAL;
> +		if (!of_id) {
> +			err = -EINVAL;
> +			goto err;
> +		}
>  	}
>  
>  	priv = netdev_priv(dev);
> 

I agree with the fix if you want to resubmit separate from this series
and please include a "fixes" tag.

Thanks,
    Doug