netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] net: sfp: fix memory leak in sfp

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Date:   Mon, 27 Jun 2022 22:11:05 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Jianglei Nie <niejianglei2021@....com>
Cc:     linux@...linux.org.uk, andrew@...n.ch, hkallweit1@...il.com,
        davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: sfp: fix memory leak in sfp_probe()

On Fri, 24 Jun 2022 12:49:41 +0800 Jianglei Nie wrote:
> sfp_probe() allocates a memory chunk from sfp with sfp_alloc(). When
> devm_add_action() fails, sfp is not freed, which leads to a memory leak.
> 
> We should use devm_add_action_or_reset() instead of devm_add_action().

Please add a Fixes tag referencing the commit which added the bug.
The subject for the next version should be start with [PATCH net v3].