Re: [PATCH] crypto: caam: fix netdev memory leak in dpaa2_caam_probe
From: Breno Leitao
Date: Fri Jan 16 2026 - 04:46:23 EST
On Fri, Jan 16, 2026 at 09:44:55AM +0800, Jianpeng Chang wrote:
> When commit 0e1a4d427f58 ("crypto: caam: Unembed net_dev structure in
> dpaa2") converted embedded net_device to dynamically allocated pointers,
> it added cleanup in dpaa2_dpseci_disable() but missed adding cleanup in
> dpaa2_dpseci_free() for error paths.
>
> This causes memory leaks when dpaa2_dpseci_dpio_setup() fails during probe
> due to DPIO devices not being ready yet. The kernel's deferred probe
> mechanism handles the retry successfully, but the netdevs allocated during
> the failed probe attempt are never freed, resulting in kmemleak reports
> showing multiple leaked netdev-related allocations all traced back to
> dpaa2_caam_probe().
>
> Fix this by preserving the CPU mask of allocated netdevs during setup and
> using it for cleanup in dpaa2_dpseci_free(). This approach ensures that
> only the CPUs that actually had netdevs allocated will be cleaned up,
> avoiding potential issues with CPU hotplug scenarios.
>
> Fixes: 0e1a4d427f58 ("crypto: caam: Unembed net_dev structure in dpaa2")
> Signed-off-by: Jianpeng Chang <jianpeng.chang.cn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg_qi2.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++---------------
> drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg_qi2.h | 2 ++
> 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg_qi2.c b/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg_qi2.c
> index 107ccb2ade42..a66c62174a0f 100644
> --- a/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg_qi2.c
> +++ b/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg_qi2.c
> @@ -4810,6 +4810,17 @@ static void dpaa2_dpseci_congestion_free(struct dpaa2_caam_priv *priv)
> kfree(priv->cscn_mem);
> }
>
> +static void free_dpaa2_pcpu_netdev(struct dpaa2_caam_priv *priv, const cpumask_t *cpus)
> +{
> + struct dpaa2_caam_priv_per_cpu *ppriv;
> + int i;
> +
> + for_each_cpu(i, cpus) {
> + ppriv = per_cpu_ptr(priv->ppriv, i);
> + free_netdev(ppriv->net_dev);
> + }
> +}
Why is the function being moved here? Please keep code movement separate
from functional changes, or at minimum explain why the move is necessary
in the commit message.