[PATCH net v4 0/3] net: liquidio: Fix memory leaks in setup_nic_devices()

Zilin Guan posted 3 patches 1 week, 4 days ago
.../net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c   | 39 ++++++++++---------
.../ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c    |  4 +-
2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
[PATCH net v4 0/3] net: liquidio: Fix memory leaks in setup_nic_devices()
Posted by Zilin Guan 1 week, 4 days ago
This series fixes memory leaks in the initialization paths of the 
NIC devices.

Patch 1 moves the initialization of oct->props[i].netdev before queue 
setup calls. This ensures that if queue setup fails, the cleanup function 
can find and free the allocated netdev. It also initializes lio->oct_dev 
early to prevent a crash in the cleanup path.

Patch 2 fixes an off-by-one error in the PF cleanup loop. It ensures
the current device index is cleaned up and correctly handles the 
post-loop devlink_alloc failure case.

Patch 3 fixes the same off-by-one error in the VF cleanup loop.

Signed-off-by: Zilin Guan <zilin@seu.edu.cn>

Changes in v4:
- Move the netdev initialization fix to patch 1, as it is a 
  prerequisite for the cleanup fixes.
- Change the cleanup loop to 'do { ... } while (i >= 0)' in PF and VF 
  setup_nic_devices(), as the caller guarantees octeon_dev->ifcount > 0,
  ensuring i is never decremented below 0.

Changes in v3:
- Split the off-by-one fix into separate patches for PF and VF.
- Patch 2: Decrement i in the devlink_alloc error path before jumping
  to cleanup to avoid accessing an invalid index.
- Patch 1: Initialize lio->oct_dev alongside props->netdev to prevent 
  NULL pointer dereference in cleanup_rx_oom_poll_fn().

Changes in v2:
- Add patch 2 to fix an off-by-one error in the error handling loop logic.

Zilin Guan (3):
  net: liquidio: Initialize netdev pointer before queue setup
  net: liquidio: Fix off-by-one error in PF setup_nic_devices() cleanup
  net: liquidio: Fix off-by-one error in VF setup_nic_devices() cleanup

 .../net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c   | 39 ++++++++++---------
 .../ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c    |  4 +-
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

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Re: [PATCH net v4 0/3] net: liquidio: Fix memory leaks in setup_nic_devices()
Posted by Kory Maincent 1 week, 4 days ago
On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:44:37 +0000
Zilin Guan <zilin@seu.edu.cn> wrote:

> This series fixes memory leaks in the initialization paths of the 
> NIC devices.
> 
> Patch 1 moves the initialization of oct->props[i].netdev before queue 
> setup calls. This ensures that if queue setup fails, the cleanup function 
> can find and free the allocated netdev. It also initializes lio->oct_dev 
> early to prevent a crash in the cleanup path.
> 
> Patch 2 fixes an off-by-one error in the PF cleanup loop. It ensures
> the current device index is cleaned up and correctly handles the 
> post-loop devlink_alloc failure case.
> 
> Patch 3 fixes the same off-by-one error in the VF cleanup loop.

For the series:
Reviewed-by: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@bootlin.com>

Thank you!
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