Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: felix: Fix memory leak in felix_setup_mmio_filtering

From: José Expósito
Date: Thu Dec 09 2021 - 06:09:25 EST


On Wed, Dec 08, 2021 at 03:10:30PM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Dec 2021 18:13:32 +0000 Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> > Impossible memory leak, I might add, because DSA will error out much
> > soon if there isn't any CPU port defined:
> > https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.15.7/source/net/dsa/dsa2.c#L374
> > I don't think I should have added the "if (cpu < 0)" check at all, but
> > then it would have raised other flags, about BIT(negative number) or
> > things like that. I don't know what's the best way to deal with this?
> >
> > Anyway, in case we find no better alternative:
> >
> > Fixes: 8d5f7954b7c8 ("net: dsa: felix: break at first CPU port during init and teardown")
> > Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@xxxxxxx>
>
> If this is the way to go please repost with the tags added
> and a commit message.

Thanks for the quick review. I just sent v2 in case you decide to keep
the cpu check:

https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20211209110538.11585-1-jose.exposito89@xxxxxxxxx/T/#u

Jose