netdev - Re: [PATCH] octeontx2-af: Fix reference count issue in rvu_sdp

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Message-ID: <Y3QIKb3+VqqYecX9@x130.lan>
Date:   Tue, 15 Nov 2022 13:44:09 -0800
From:   Saeed Mahameed <saeed@...nel.org>
To:     Xiongfeng Wang <wangxiongfeng2@...wei.com>
Cc:     sgoutham@...vell.com, lcherian@...vell.com, gakula@...vell.com,
        jerinj@...vell.com, hkelam@...vell.com, sbhatta@...vell.com,
        davem@...emloft.net, radhac@...vell.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        yangyingliang@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] octeontx2-af: Fix reference count issue in rvu_sdp_init()

On 14 Nov 21:28, Xiongfeng Wang wrote:
>pci_get_device() will decrease the reference count for the *from*
>parameter. So we don't need to call put_device() to decrease the
>reference. Let's remove the put_device() in the loop and only decrease
>the reference count of the returned 'pdev' for the last loop because it
>will not be passed to pci_get_device() as input parameter. Also add
>pci_dev_put() for the error path.
>
>Fixes: fe1939bb2340 ("octeontx2-af: Add SDP interface support")
>Signed-off-by: Xiongfeng Wang <wangxiongfeng2@...wei.com>
>---

Reviewed-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeed@...nel.org>


> drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_sdp.c | 8 ++++++--
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_sdp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_sdp.c
>index b04fb226f708..283d1c90e083 100644
>--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_sdp.c
>+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_sdp.c
>@@ -62,15 +62,19 @@ int rvu_sdp_init(struct rvu *rvu)
> 		pfvf->sdp_info = devm_kzalloc(rvu->dev,
> 					      sizeof(struct sdp_node_info),
> 					      GFP_KERNEL);
>-		if (!pfvf->sdp_info)
>+		if (!pfvf->sdp_info) {
>+			pci_dev_put(pdev);
> 			return -ENOMEM;
>+		}
>
> 		dev_info(rvu->dev, "SDP PF number:%d\n", sdp_pf_num[i]);
>
>-		put_device(&pdev->dev);
> 		i++;
> 	}
>
>+	if (pdev)
>+		pci_dev_put(pdev);
>+

you can drop the if(pdev), already checked inside pci_dev_put();