linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] phy: mdio: fix memory leak

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Date:   Wed, 29 Sep 2021 16:48:40 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@...il.com>
Cc:     andrew@...n.ch, hkallweit1@...il.com, linux@...linux.org.uk,
        davem@...emloft.net, buytenh@...vell.com, afleming@...escale.com,
        dan.carpenter@...cle.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        syzbot+398e7dc692ddbbb4cfec@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] phy: mdio: fix memory leak

On Tue, 28 Sep 2021 23:40:15 +0300 Pavel Skripkin wrote:
> +	/* We need to set state to MDIOBUS_UNREGISTERED to correctly realese
> +	 * the device in mdiobus_free()
> +	 *
> +	 * State will be updated later in this function in case of success
> +	 */
> +	bus->state == MDIOBUS_UNREGISTERED;

IDK how syzbot has tested it but clearly we should blindly 
depend on that.

s/==/=/

Compiler would have told you this.