netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: wwan: iosm: fix memory leak in ipc_devlink_create

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Date:   Wed, 15 Sep 2021 12:58:15 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     "Kumar, M Chetan" <m.chetan.kumar@...el.com>
Cc:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        linuxwwan <linuxwwan@...el.com>,
        Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@...aro.org>,
        Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a@...il.com>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: wwan: iosm: fix memory leak in
 ipc_devlink_create_region()

On Wed, 15 Sep 2021 11:05:42 +0000 Kumar, M Chetan wrote:
> > This doesn't free the first region in devlink->cd_regions[0] so it's a memory
> > leak.
> > 
> > Fixes: 13bb8429ca98 ("net: wwan: iosm: firmware flashing and coredump
> > collection")
> > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_devlink.c | 4 ++--
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)  
> 
> Reviewed-by: M Chetan Kumar <m.chetan.kumar@...el.com>

I'll toss this from patchwork because I'm going to post a revert 
of the entire patch.

The abuse of devlink params for configuring flashing process is
unacceptable.