linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] "drivers:Fixed memory leak in /linux/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250

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Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 17:34:44 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To: lumingyindetect@....com
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
	ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	jirislaby@...nel.org,
	LuMingYin <11570291+yin-luming@...r.noreply.gitee.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] "drivers:Fixed memory leak in
 /linux/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_lpss.c file.

On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 03:19:39AM +0100, lumingyindetect@....com wrote:
> From: LuMingYin <11570291+yin-luming@...r.noreply.gitee.com>
> 
> In the lpss8250_probe function in the file
> /linux/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_lpss.c, there were certain return paths
> where pci_free_irq_vectors was not called to release memory related to pdev,
> leading to a memory leak. This commit fixes that issue."

This patch does not fix anything. The driver uses pcim_enable_device()
which changes how this all behaves.

NAK.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko