[PATCH net v4 3/3] net: liquidio: Fix off-by-one error in VF setup_nic_devices() cleanup

From: Zilin Guan

Date: Wed Jan 28 2026 - 11:03:37 EST


In setup_nic_devices(), the initialization loop jumps to the label
setup_nic_dev_free on failure. The current cleanup loop while(i--)
skip the failing index i, causing a memory leak.

Fix this by changing the loop to iterate from the current index i
down to 0.

Compile tested only. Issue found using code review.

Fixes: 846b46873eeb ("liquidio CN23XX: VF offload features")
Suggested-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Zilin Guan <zilin@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
index e02942dbbcce..43c595f3b84e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
@@ -2212,11 +2212,11 @@ static int setup_nic_devices(struct octeon_device *octeon_dev)

setup_nic_dev_free:

- while (i--) {
+ do {
dev_err(&octeon_dev->pci_dev->dev,
"NIC ifidx:%d Setup failed\n", i);
liquidio_destroy_nic_device(octeon_dev, i);
- }
+ } while (i--);

setup_nic_dev_done:

--
2.34.1