Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: arc: Fix a potential memory leak if an optional regulator is deferred

[David Miller]

From: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jail...@wanadoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 22:09:34 +0100

> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_rockchip.c 
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_rockchip.c
> index 16f9bee992fe..8ee9dfd0e363 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_rockchip.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_rockchip.c
> @@ -169,8 +169,10 @@ static int emac_rockchip_probe(struct platform_device 
> *pdev)
>       /* Optional regulator for PHY */
>       priv->regulator = devm_regulator_get_optional(dev, "phy");
>       if (IS_ERR(priv->regulator)) {
> -             if (PTR_ERR(priv->regulator) == -EPROBE_DEFER)
> -                     return -EPROBE_DEFER;
> +             if (PTR_ERR(priv->regulator) == -EPROBE_DEFER) {
> +                     ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;
> +                     goto out_clk_disable;
> +             }

Please build test your changes.

There is no 'ret' variable in this function, perhaps you meant 'err'.