netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v8 1/8] bnxt_en: Add auxiliary driver support

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Date:   Tue, 24 Jan 2023 08:49:19 +0200
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@...adcom.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        andrew.gospodarek@...adcom.com, davem@...emloft.net,
        edumazet@...gle.com, jgg@...pe.ca, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, michael.chan@...adcom.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
        selvin.xavier@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v8 1/8] bnxt_en: Add auxiliary driver support

On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 10:33:05PM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 22:05:28 -0800 Ajit Khaparde wrote:
> > @@ -13212,6 +13214,7 @@ static void bnxt_remove_one(struct pci_dev *pdev)
> >  	kfree(bp->rss_indir_tbl);
> >  	bp->rss_indir_tbl = NULL;
> >  	bnxt_free_port_stats(bp);
> > +	bnxt_aux_priv_free(bp);
> >  	free_netdev(dev);
> 
> You're still freeing the memory in which struct device sits regardless
> of its reference count.

BTW, Ajit does the same wrong kfree in bnxt_rdma_aux_device_add() too.
+	ret = auxiliary_device_add(aux_dev);
+	if (ret)
+		goto aux_dev_uninit;
+
...
+aux_dev_uninit:
+	auxiliary_device_uninit(aux_dev);
+free_edev:
+	kfree(edev); <----- wrong
+	bp->edev = NULL;

Thanks