linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: bgmac: Fix an erroneous kfree() in bgmac

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Date:   Mon, 13 Jun 2022 14:39:58 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
        Rafał Miłecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>,
        Broadcom internal kernel review list 
        <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: bgmac: Fix an erroneous kfree() in bgmac_remove()

On 6/13/22 13:53, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> 'bgmac' is part of a managed resource allocated with bgmac_alloc(). It
> should not be freed explicitly.
> 
> Remove the erroneous kfree() from the .remove() function.
> 
> Fixes: 34a5102c3235 ("net: bgmac: allocate struct bgmac just once & don't copy it"
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>

Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
-- 
Florian