netdev - Re: [PATCH (net.git)] stmmac: fix resource management when resume

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Message-Id: <20151205.174934.1926276723353475569.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sat, 05 Dec 2015 17:49:34 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	peppe.cavallaro@...com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH (net.git)] stmmac: fix resource management when resume

From: Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2015 07:21:06 +0100

> There is a memleak when suspend/resume this driver version.
> Currently the stmmac, during resume step, reallocates all the resources
> but they are not released when suspend.
> The patch is not to release these resources but the logic has been changed.
> In fact, it is not necessary to free and reallocate all from scratch
> because the memory data will be always preserved.
> As final solution, the patch just reinit the descriptors and the rx/tx
> pointers only when resume. Tested done on STi boxes.
> 
> Reported-by: ZhengShunQian <zhengsq@...k-chips.com>
> Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>

Applied, thanks.
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