Re: [PATCH 1/2] octeontx2-vf: fix bitmap leak
From: Simon Horman
Date: Mon Sep 29 2025 - 06:11:53 EST
On Sat, Sep 27, 2025 at 03:15:04PM +0800, Bo Sun wrote:
> The bitmap allocated with bitmap_zalloc() in otx2vf_probe() was not
> released in otx2vf_remove(). Unbinding and rebinding the driver therefore
> triggers a kmemleak warning:
>
> unreferenced object (size 8):
> backtrace:
> bitmap_zalloc
> otx2vf_probe
>
> Call bitmap_free() in the remove path to fix the leak.
>
> Fixes: efabce290151 ("octeontx2-pf: AF_XDP zero copy receive support")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Bo Sun <bo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>
For reference, as a fix for code present in net, this series
should be targeted at net, like this:
Subject: [PATCH net 1/2] ...
See: https://docs.kernel.org/process/maintainer-netdev.html