linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net v3 2/3] net: liquidio: Fix off-by-one error in VF setup_nic

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Message-ID: <20260127175446.73fe9c7e@kmaincent-XPS-13-7390>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 17:54:46 +0100
From: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@...tlin.com>
To: Zilin Guan <zilin@....edu.cn>
Cc: horms@...nel.org, andrew+netdev@...n.ch, davem@...emloft.net,
 edumazet@...gle.com, jianhao.xu@....edu.cn, kuba@...nel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, marco.crivellari@...e.com,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v3 2/3] net: liquidio: Fix off-by-one error in VF
 setup_nic_devices() cleanup

On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:12:40 +0000
Zilin Guan <zilin@....edu.cn> wrote:

> In setup_nic_devices(), the initialization loop jumps to the label
> setup_nic_dev_free on failure. The current cleanup loop while(i--)
> skip the failing index i, causing a memory leak.
> 
> Fix this by changing the loop to iterate from the current index i
> down to 0.
> 
> Compile tested only. Issue found using code review.

Reviewed-by: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@...tlin.com>

Thank you!
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