netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: mvpp2: fix mvpp2 debugfs leak

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Message-Id: <166484161452.2431.4721974681787225608.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 04 Oct 2022 00:00:14 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, sashal@...nel.org,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, mw@...ihalf.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
        pabeni@...hat.com, maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: mvpp2: fix mvpp2 debugfs leak

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Mon, 03 Oct 2022 17:19:27 +0100 you wrote:
> When mvpp2 is unloaded, the driver specific debugfs directory is not
> removed, which technically leads to a memory leak. However, this
> directory is only created when the first device is probed, so the
> hardware is present. Removing the module is only something a developer
> would to when e.g. testing out changes, so the module would be
> reloaded. So this memory leak is minor.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] net: mvpp2: fix mvpp2 debugfs leak
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/0152dfee235e

You are awesome, thank you!
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