linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ionic: fix memory leak in ionic

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Message-ID: <20241105154409.62e5afd2@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2024 15:44:09 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Wentao Liang <Wentao_liang_g@....com>
Cc: shannon.nelson@....com, brett.creeley@....com, davem@...emloft.net,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ionic: fix memory leak in ionic_probe

On Tue,  5 Nov 2024 13:34:33 +0800 Wentao Liang wrote:
> In line 334, the ionic_setup_one() creates a debugfs entry for
> ionic upon successful execution. However, the ionic_probe() does
> not release the dentry before returning, resulting in a memory
> leak. To fix this bug, we add the ionic_debugfs_del_dev() before
> line 397 to release the resources before the function returns.

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