netdev - Re: [PATCH v3] nfp: abm: Fix incomplete release of system resources in nfp_abm_vnic_set

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Date:   Mon, 4 May 2020 10:03:00 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     wu000273@....edu
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, Markus.Elfring@....de,
        oss-drivers@...ronome.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kjlu@....edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] nfp: abm: Fix incomplete release of system resources
 in nfp_abm_vnic_set_mac()

On Sun,  3 May 2020 15:49:32 -0500 wu000273@....edu wrote:
> From: Qiushi Wu <wu000273@....edu>
> 
> In function nfp_abm_vnic_set_mac, pointer nsp is allocated by nfp_nsp_open.
> But when nfp_nsp_has_hwinfo_lookup fail, the pointer is not released,
> which can lead to a memory leak bug. Thus add a call of the function
> “nfp_nsp_close” for the completion of the exception handling.
> 
> Fixes: f6e71efdf9fb1 ("nfp: abm: look up MAC addresses via management FW")
> Signed-off-by: Qiushi Wu <wu000273@....edu>

This just makes the code longer. v1 was perfectly fine, thanks for the
fix.