netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] cxgb4vf: fix memleak in mac

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Date:   Fri, 09 Nov 2018 15:19:23 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     arjun@...lsio.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, nirranjan@...lsio.com,
        indranil@...lsio.com, dt@...lsio.com, ganeshgr@...lsio.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] cxgb4vf: fix memleak in mac_hlist
 initialization

From: Arjun Vynipadath <arjun@...lsio.com>
Date: Fri,  9 Nov 2018 14:52:01 +0530

> mac_hlist was initialized during adapter_up, which will be called
> every time a vf device is first brought up, or every time when device
> is brought up again after bringing all devices down. This means our
> state of previous list is lost, causing a memleak if entries are
> present in the list. To fix that, move list init to the condition
> that performs initial one time adapter setup.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arjun Vynipadath <arjun@...lsio.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ganesh Goudar <ganeshgr@...lsio.com>

Applied.