linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] arch: free dev before return

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Date:   Mon, 3 Jul 2023 07:19:33 -0700
From:   Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>
To:     Minjie Du <duminjie@...o.com>
Cc:     chris@...kel.net, sfr@...b.auug.org.au,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 11162212@...o.com,
        opensource.kernel@...o.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] arch: free dev before return

Hi Minjie,

On Mon, Jul 3, 2023 at 5:33 AM Minjie Du <duminjie@...o.com> wrote:
>
> We fixed a bug where the variable dev
> was not freed before return.
>
> Signed-off-by: Minjie Du <duminjie@...o.com>
> ---
>  arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/network.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Applied to my xtensa tree with the following commit message:

   xtensa: ISS: fix etherdev leak in error return path

   iss_net_configure frees etherdev in all error return paths except one
   where register_netdevice fails. Add missing free_netdev to that path.

-- 
Thanks.
-- Max