Re: [PATCH net v3] drivers: net: ionic: add missed debugfs cleanup to ionic_probe() error path

From: Nelson, Shannon
Date: Thu Nov 07 2024 - 14:34:17 EST


On 11/6/2024 6:17 PM, Wentao Liang wrote:

From: Wentao Liang <Wentao_liang_g@xxxxxxx>

The ionic_setup_one() creates a debugfs entry for ionic upon
successful execution. However, the ionic_probe() does not
release the dentry before returning, resulting in a memory
leak.

To fix this bug, we add the ionic_debugfs_del_dev() to release
the resources in a timely manner before returning.

Fixes: 0de38d9f1dba ("ionic: extract common bits from ionic_probe")
Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <Wentao_liang_g@xxxxxxx>

Thanks! -sln

Acked-by: Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@xxxxxxx>



---
drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_bus_pci.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_bus_pci.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_bus_pci.c
index b93791d6b593..f5dc876eb500 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_bus_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_bus_pci.c
@@ -394,6 +394,7 @@ static int ionic_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
err_out_pci:
ionic_dev_teardown(ionic);
ionic_clear_pci(ionic);
+ ionic_debugfs_del_dev(ionic);
err_out:
mutex_destroy(&ionic->dev_cmd_lock);
ionic_devlink_free(ionic);
--
2.42.0.windows.2