Re: [PATCH] net: nixge: fix potential memory leak in nixge_probe()

2020-07-30 Thread David Miller
From: Lu Wei Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 11:50:05 +0800 > If some processes in nixge_probe() fail, free_netdev(dev) > needs to be called to aviod a memory leak. > > Fixes: 87ab207981ec ("net: nixge: Separate ctrl and dma resources") > Fixes: abcd3d6fc640 ("net: nixge: Fix error path for obtaining mac

Re: [PATCH] net: nixge: fix potential memory leak in nixge_probe()

2020-07-29 Thread Markus Elfring
> If some processes in nixge_probe() fail, free_netdev(dev) > needs to be called to aviod a memory leak. * Would you like to avoid a typo in this change description? * An imperative wording can be preferred here, can't it? https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree