netdev - Re: [PATCH] enic: Remove redundant free in enic_set

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Date:   Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:37:47 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Dinghao Liu <dinghao.liu@....edu.cn>
Cc:     kjlu@....edu, Christian Benvenuti <benve@...co.com>,
        Govindarajulu Varadarajan <_govind@....com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] enic: Remove redundant free in enic_set_ringparam

On Wed, 23 Dec 2020 20:38:33 +0800 Dinghao Liu wrote:
> The error handling paths in enic_alloc_vnic_resources()
> have called enic_free_vnic_resources() before returning.
> So we may not need to call it again on failure at caller
> side.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dinghao Liu <dinghao.liu@....edu.cn>

But it's harmless, right? So the patch is just a cleanup not a fix?

In that case, could you please repost in two weeks? We're currently 
in the merge window period, we're only accepting fixes to the
networking trees.

Thanks!