Re: [PATCH] net: mdiobus: Fix memory leak in __mdiobus_register

From: Pavel Skripkin
Date: Tue Sep 28 2021 - 07:06:28 EST


On 9/28/21 13:59, Dan Carpenter wrote:
On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 01:46:56PM +0300, Pavel Skripkin wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
> index ee8313a4ac71..c380a30a77bc 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
> @@ -538,6 +538,7 @@ int __mdiobus_register(struct mii_bus *bus, struct module *owner)
> bus->dev.groups = NULL;
> dev_set_name(&bus->dev, "%s", bus->id);
> + bus->state = MDIOBUS_UNREGISTERED;
> err = device_register(&bus->dev);
> if (err) {
> pr_err("mii_bus %s failed to register\n", bus->id);
> > yep, it's the same as mine, but I thought, that MDIOBUS_UNREGISTERED is not
correct name for this state :) Anyway, thank you for suggestion


It's not actually the same. The state has to be set before the
device_register() or there is still a leak.

Ah, I see... I forgot to handle possible device_register() error. Will send v2 soon, thank you



With regards,
Pavel Skripkin