[PATCH 4/4] staging: octeon: handle rx/tx initialization failures in probe

From: Prashant Rahul

Date: Sun Jun 28 2026 - 03:03:22 EST


Check return value of rx/tx initialization functions and abort probing
if either one fails.

Add error handling labels to deallocate resources before returning the
error.

Signed-off-by: Prashant Rahul <prashantrahul23@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c
index 1d3bf3c79598d..41be73b2ded91 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c
@@ -688,6 +688,7 @@ static int cvm_oct_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
int num_interfaces;
int interface;
+ int ret = 0;
int fau = FAU_NUM_PACKET_BUFFERS_TO_FREE;
int qos;
struct device_node *pip;
@@ -934,17 +935,50 @@ static int cvm_oct_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
}
}

- cvm_oct_tx_initialize(pdev);
- cvm_oct_rx_initialize(pdev);
+ ret = cvm_oct_tx_initialize(pdev);
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_tx;
+
+ ret = cvm_oct_rx_initialize(pdev);
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_rx;

/*
* 150 uS: about 10 1500-byte packets at 1GE.
*/
cvm_oct_tx_poll_interval = 150 * (octeon_get_clock_rate() / 1000000);

schedule_delayed_work(&plat->rx_refill_work, HZ);

return 0;
+
+err_rx:
+ cvm_oct_tx_shutdown();
+err_tx:
+ cvmx_ipd_disable();
+
+ atomic_inc_return(&cvm_oct_poll_queue_stopping);
+
+ cvmx_pko_disable();
+
+ /* Free the ethernet devices */
+ for (int port = 0; port < TOTAL_NUMBER_OF_PORTS; port++)
+ cvm_oct_remove_device(port);
+
+ cvmx_pko_shutdown();
+
+ cvmx_ipd_free_ptr();
+
+ /* Free the HW pools */
+ cvm_oct_mem_empty_fpa(pdev, CVMX_FPA_PACKET_POOL, CVMX_FPA_PACKET_POOL_SIZE,
+ num_packet_buffers);
+ cvm_oct_mem_empty_fpa(pdev, CVMX_FPA_WQE_POOL, CVMX_FPA_WQE_POOL_SIZE,
+ num_packet_buffers);
+ if (CVMX_FPA_OUTPUT_BUFFER_POOL != CVMX_FPA_PACKET_POOL)
+ cvm_oct_mem_empty_fpa(pdev, CVMX_FPA_OUTPUT_BUFFER_POOL,
+ CVMX_FPA_OUTPUT_BUFFER_POOL_SIZE, 128);
+
+ return ret;
}

static void cvm_oct_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)

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2.54.0