[PATCH 5.6 15/71] net/mlx5e: Add missing release firmware call

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon Apr 20 2020 - 08:57:40 EST


From: Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit d19987ccf57501894fdd8fadc2e55e4a3dd57239 ]

Once driver finishes flashing the firmware image, it should release it.

Fixes: 9c8bca2637b8 ("mlx5: Move firmware flash implementation to devlink")
Signed-off-by: Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Aya Levin <ayal@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ static int mlx5_devlink_flash_update(str
if (err)
return err;

- return mlx5_firmware_flash(dev, fw, extack);
+ err = mlx5_firmware_flash(dev, fw, extack);
+ release_firmware(fw);
+
+ return err;
}

static u8 mlx5_fw_ver_major(u32 version)