netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 7/8] netdevsim: add SR-IOV functionality

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Date:   Fri, 1 Dec 2017 14:14:42 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, daniel@...earbox.net,
        alexei.starovoitov@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us,
        oss-drivers@...ronome.com, Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 7/8] netdevsim: add SR-IOV functionality

On Fri, 1 Dec 2017 22:58:29 +0100, Phil Sutter wrote:
> > > > > > +	ret = count;
> > > > > > +exit_unlock:
> > > > > > +	rtnl_unlock();
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +	return ret;
> > > > > > +}      
> > > > > 
> > > > > [...]
> > > > >     
> > > > > > +static void nsim_free(struct net_device *dev)
> > > > > > +{
> > > > > > +	struct netdevsim *ns = netdev_priv(dev);
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +	device_unregister(&ns->dev);
> > > > > >  }      
> > > > > 
> > > > > Shouldn't this also kfree(ns->vfconfigs)?    
> > > > 
> > > > It's in uninit, I will move it to release.    
> > > 
> > > Oh, I missed that. If you're certain this won't lead to memleaks, no
> > > objection from my side. :)  
> > 
> > OK, I will respin v3 with the free moved :)  
> 
> So it did leak? I'm glad the traffic I caused wasn't completely
> pointless then. :)

There is a window where it could've been re-enabled and that
would leak, yes.  Thanks for catching it :)