kmemleak reported memory leaks in dsa_loop_init():

kmemleak: 12 new suspected memory leaks

unreferenced object 0xffff8880138ce000 (size 2048):
  comm "modprobe", pid 390, jiffies 4295040478 (age 238.976s)
  backtrace:
    [<000000006a94f1d5>] kmalloc_trace+0x26/0x60
    [<00000000a9c44622>] phy_device_create+0x5d/0x970
    [<00000000d0ee2afc>] get_phy_device+0xf3/0x2b0
    [<00000000dca0c71f>] __fixed_phy_register.part.0+0x92/0x4e0
    [<000000008a834798>] fixed_phy_register+0x84/0xb0
    [<0000000055223fcb>] dsa_loop_init+0xa9/0x116 [dsa_loop]
    ...

There are two reasons for memleak in dsa_loop_init().

First, fixed_phy_register() create and register phy_device:

fixed_phy_register()
  get_phy_device()
    phy_device_create() # freed by phy_device_free()
  phy_device_register() # freed by phy_device_remove()

But fixed_phy_unregister() only calls phy_device_remove().
So the memory allocated in phy_device_create() is leaked.

Second, when mdio_driver_register() fail in dsa_loop_init(),
it just returns and there is no cleanup for phydevs.

Fix the problems by catching the error of mdio_driver_register()
in dsa_loop_init(), then calling both fixed_phy_unregister() and
phy_device_free() to release phydevs.
Also add a function for phydevs cleanup to avoid duplacate.

Fixes: 98cd1552ea27 ("net: dsa: Mock-up driver")
Signed-off-by: Chen Zhongjin <chenzhongjin@huawei.com>
---
 drivers/net/dsa/dsa_loop.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/dsa_loop.c b/drivers/net/dsa/dsa_loop.c
index b9107fe40023..5b139f2206b6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/dsa_loop.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/dsa_loop.c
@@ -376,6 +376,17 @@ static struct mdio_driver dsa_loop_drv = {
 
 #define NUM_FIXED_PHYS	(DSA_LOOP_NUM_PORTS - 2)
 
+static void dsa_loop_phydevs_unregister(void)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < NUM_FIXED_PHYS; i++)
+		if (!IS_ERR(phydevs[i])) {
+			fixed_phy_unregister(phydevs[i]);
+			phy_device_free(phydevs[i]);
+		}
+}
+
 static int __init dsa_loop_init(void)
 {
 	struct fixed_phy_status status = {
@@ -383,23 +394,23 @@ static int __init dsa_loop_init(void)
 		.speed = SPEED_100,
 		.duplex = DUPLEX_FULL,
 	};
-	unsigned int i;
+	unsigned int i, ret;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < NUM_FIXED_PHYS; i++)
 		phydevs[i] = fixed_phy_register(PHY_POLL, &status, NULL);
 
-	return mdio_driver_register(&dsa_loop_drv);
+	ret = mdio_driver_register(&dsa_loop_drv);
+	if (ret)
+		dsa_loop_phydevs_unregister();
+
+	return ret;
 }
 module_init(dsa_loop_init);
 
 static void __exit dsa_loop_exit(void)
 {
-	unsigned int i;
-
 	mdio_driver_unregister(&dsa_loop_drv);
-	for (i = 0; i < NUM_FIXED_PHYS; i++)
-		if (!IS_ERR(phydevs[i]))
-			fixed_phy_unregister(phydevs[i]);
+	dsa_loop_phydevs_unregister();
 }
 module_exit(dsa_loop_exit);
 
-- 
2.17.1

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
by David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>:

On Wed, 26 Oct 2022 10:03:21 +0800 you wrote:
> kmemleak reported memory leaks in dsa_loop_init():
> 
> kmemleak: 12 new suspected memory leaks
> 
> unreferenced object 0xffff8880138ce000 (size 2048):
>   comm "modprobe", pid 390, jiffies 4295040478 (age 238.976s)
>   backtrace:
>     [<000000006a94f1d5>] kmalloc_trace+0x26/0x60
>     [<00000000a9c44622>] phy_device_create+0x5d/0x970
>     [<00000000d0ee2afc>] get_phy_device+0xf3/0x2b0
>     [<00000000dca0c71f>] __fixed_phy_register.part.0+0x92/0x4e0
>     [<000000008a834798>] fixed_phy_register+0x84/0xb0
>     [<0000000055223fcb>] dsa_loop_init+0xa9/0x116 [dsa_loop]
>     ...
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - net: dsa: Fix possible memory leaks in dsa_loop_init()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/633efc8b3dc9

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