netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: felix: perform teardown on error in felix

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Date:   Tue, 16 Feb 2021 22:10:08 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com, vivien.didelot@...il.com,
        claudiu.manoil@....com, alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com,
        UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: felix: perform teardown on error in
 felix_setup

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (refs/heads/master):

On Tue, 16 Feb 2021 13:32:13 +0200 you wrote:
> From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
> 
> If the driver fails to probe, it would be nice to not leak memory.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
> ---
> I've decided to target this patch towards net-next because:
> - no user has complained about this being an issue
> - in theory there should be a Fixes: 56051948773e ("net: dsa: ocelot:
>   add driver for Felix switch family") but the fix already conflicts
>   with some patches that are in net-next:
>   * f59fd9cab730 ("net: mscc: ocelot: configure watermarks using devlink-sb")
>   * c54913c1d4ee ("net: dsa: ocelot: request DSA to fix up lack of address learning on CPU port")
>   and it would unnecessarily cause maintainance headaches to resolve the
>   conflicts.
>   Alternatively I could wait until net-next is merged into net and send
>   the bugfix at that point, but the result would be the same: the patch
>   would not be backportable basically anywhere.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next] net: dsa: felix: perform teardown on error in felix_setup
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/6b73b7c96a91

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