linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net/sonic: Fix some resource leaks in error handling paths

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Date:   Sat, 9 May 2020 11:57:44 +1000 (AEST)
From:   Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
cc:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
        davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/sonic: Fix some resource leaks in error handling
 paths


On Fri, 8 May 2020, Jakub Kicinski wrote:

> On Fri,  8 May 2020 19:25:57 +0200 Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> > Only macsonic has been compile tested. I don't have the needed setup to
> > compile xtsonic
> 
> Well, we gotta do that before we apply the patch :S
> 

I've compiled xtsonic.c with this patch.

> Does the driver actually depend on some platform stuff,

xtsonic.c looks portable enough but it has some asm includes that I 
haven't looked at. It is really a question for the arch maintainers.

>  or can we do this:
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/Kconfig
> @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ config NS83820
>  
>  config XTENSA_XT2000_SONIC
>         tristate "Xtensa XT2000 onboard SONIC Ethernet support"
> -       depends on XTENSA_PLATFORM_XT2000
> +       depends on XTENSA_PLATFORM_XT2000 || COMPILE_TEST
>         ---help---
>           This is the driver for the onboard card of the Xtensa XT2000 board.
>  
> ?
> 

That's effectively what I did to compile test xtsonic.c (I removed the 
line to get the same effect).