Re: [PATCH net v2 1/2] octeontx2-af: CGX: fix bitmap leaks

From: Jijie Shao

Date: Mon Feb 09 2026 - 02:59:18 EST



on 2026/2/6 21:09, Bo Sun wrote:
The RX/TX flow-control bitmaps (rx_fc_pfvf_bmap and tx_fc_pfvf_bmap)
are allocated by cgx_lmac_init() but never freed in cgx_lmac_exit().
Unbinding and rebinding the driver therefore triggers kmemleak:

unreferenced object (size 16):
backtrace:
rvu_alloc_bitmap
cgx_probe

Free both bitmaps during teardown.

Fixes: e740003874ed ("octeontx2-af: Flow control resource management")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Bo Sun <bo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/cgx.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/cgx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/cgx.c
index 42044cd810b1..fd4792e432bf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/cgx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/cgx.c
@@ -1823,6 +1823,8 @@ static int cgx_lmac_exit(struct cgx *cgx)
cgx->mac_ops->mac_pause_frm_config(cgx, lmac->lmac_id, false);
cgx_configure_interrupt(cgx, lmac, lmac->lmac_id, true);
kfree(lmac->mac_to_index_bmap.bmap);
+ rvu_free_bitmap(&lmac->rx_fc_pfvf_bmap);
+ rvu_free_bitmap(&lmac->tx_fc_pfvf_bmap);

Reviewed-by: Jijie Shao <shaojijie@xxxxxxxxxx>