[PATCH v2 1/4] net: airoha: Fix an error handling path in airoha_alloc_gdm_port()
Lorenzo Bianconi
lorenzo at kernel.org
Thu May 8 08:31:54 PDT 2025
> If register_netdev() fails, the error handling path of the probe will not
> free the memory allocated by the previous airoha_metadata_dst_alloc() call
> because port->dev->reg_state will not be NETREG_REGISTERED.
>
> So, an explicit airoha_metadata_dst_free() call is needed in this case to
> avoid a memory leak.
>
> Fixes: af3cf757d5c9 ("net: airoha: Move DSA tag in DMA descriptor")
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet at wanadoo.fr>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - New patch
>
> Compile tested only.
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c | 10 +++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
> index 16c7896f931f..af8c4015938c 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
> @@ -2873,7 +2873,15 @@ static int airoha_alloc_gdm_port(struct airoha_eth *eth,
> if (err)
> return err;
>
> - return register_netdev(dev);
> + err = register_netdev(dev);
> + if (err)
> + goto free_metadata_dst;
> +
> + return 0;
> +
> +free_metadata_dst:
> + airoha_metadata_dst_free(port);
> + return err;
> }
>
> static int airoha_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> --
> 2.49.0
>
I have not tested it but I think the right fix here would be something like:
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
index b1ca8322d4eb..33f8926bba25 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
@@ -2996,10 +2996,12 @@ static int airoha_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(eth->ports); i++) {
struct airoha_gdm_port *port = eth->ports[i];
- if (port && port->dev->reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED) {
+ if (!port)
+ continue;
+
+ if (port->dev->reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED)
unregister_netdev(port->dev);
- airoha_metadata_dst_free(port);
- }
+ airoha_metadata_dst_free(port);
}
free_netdev(eth->napi_dev);
platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
Regards,
Lorenzo
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