linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mlxsw: minimal: Fix an error handling path in 'mlxsw_m_port

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Date:   Sun, 26 Jan 2020 10:19:41 +0200
From:   Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
To:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc:     jiri@...lanox.com, idosch@...lanox.com, davem@...emloft.net,
        vadimp@...lanox.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mlxsw: minimal: Fix an error handling path in
 'mlxsw_m_port_create()'

On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 10:18:47PM +0100, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> An 'alloc_etherdev()' called is not ballanced by a corresponding
> 'free_netdev()' call in one error handling path.
> 
> Slighly reorder the error handling code to catch the missed case.
> 
> Fixes: c100e47caa8e ("mlxsw: minimal: Add ethtool support")
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>

For net:

Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>

Thanks!