[PATCH v2] rapidio: replace rio_free_net() with kfree() in rio_scan_alloc_net()

From: Haoxiang Li

Date: Tue Jan 20 2026 - 20:35:44 EST


When idtab allocation fails, net is not registered with rio_add_net()
yet, so kfree(net) is sufficient to release the memory.
Set mport->net to NULL to avoid dangling pointer.

Fixes: e6b585ca6e81 ("rapidio: move net allocation into core code")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Haoxiang Li <lihaoxiang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Set mport->net to NULL. Thanks, Andrew!
---
drivers/rapidio/rio-scan.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/rio-scan.c b/drivers/rapidio/rio-scan.c
index c12941f71e2c..dcd6619a4b02 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/rio-scan.c
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/rio-scan.c
@@ -854,7 +854,8 @@ static struct rio_net *rio_scan_alloc_net(struct rio_mport *mport,

if (idtab == NULL) {
pr_err("RIO: failed to allocate destID table\n");
- rio_free_net(net);
+ kfree(net);
+ mport->net = NULL;
net = NULL;
} else {
net->enum_data = idtab;
--
2.25.1