Re: [PATCH v2] net: korina: fix kfree of rx/tx descriptor array

From: Willem de Bruijn
Date: Sun Oct 11 2020 - 18:54:14 EST


On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 6:04 PM Valentin Vidic
<vvidic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> kmalloc returns KSEG0 addresses so convert back from KSEG1
> in kfree. Also make sure array is freed when the driver is
> unloaded from the kernel.
>
> Fixes: ef11291bcd5f ("Add support the Korina (IDT RC32434) Ethernet MAC")
> Signed-off-by: Valentin Vidic <vvidic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Ah, this a MIPS architecture feature, both KSEGs mapping the same
region, just cachable vs non-cachable.

Acked-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@xxxxxxxxxx>


> ---
> v2: convert kfree address back to KSEG0
>
> drivers/net/ethernet/korina.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/korina.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/korina.c
> index 03e034918d14..af441d699a57 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/korina.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/korina.c
> @@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ static int korina_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> return rc;
>
> probe_err_register:
> - kfree(lp->td_ring);
> + kfree(KSEG0ADDR(lp->td_ring));
> probe_err_td_ring:
> iounmap(lp->tx_dma_regs);
> probe_err_dma_tx:
> @@ -1133,6 +1133,7 @@ static int korina_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> iounmap(lp->eth_regs);
> iounmap(lp->rx_dma_regs);
> iounmap(lp->tx_dma_regs);
> + kfree(KSEG0ADDR(lp->td_ring));
>
> unregister_netdev(bif->dev);
> free_netdev(bif->dev);
> --
> 2.20.1
>