Re: [net PATCH] octeontx2-pf: Fix memory leak during interface down

From: Simon Horman
Date: Thu Nov 16 2023 - 15:52:33 EST


On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 09:23:34PM +0530, Suman Ghosh wrote:
> During 'ifconfig <netdev> down' one RSS memory was not getting freed.
> This patch fixes the same.
>
> Fixes: f12098ce9b43 ("octeontx2-pf: Clear RSS enable flag on interace down")
> Signed-off-by: Suman Ghosh <sumang@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Suman,

I'm wondering if the fixes tag should refer to the commit
that introduced the allocation that your patch is freeing.

Fixes: 81a4362016e7 ("octeontx2-pf: Add RSS multi group support")

> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c
> index 91b99fd70361..ba95ac913274 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c
> @@ -1934,6 +1934,8 @@ int otx2_stop(struct net_device *netdev)
> /* Clear RSS enable flag */
> rss = &pf->hw.rss_info;
> rss->enable = false;
> + if (!netif_is_rxfh_configured(netdev))
> + kfree(rss->rss_ctx[DEFAULT_RSS_CONTEXT_GROUP]);
>
> /* Cleanup Queue IRQ */
> vec = pci_irq_vector(pf->pdev,
> --
> 2.25.1
>