drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac-bcma.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
'bgmac' is part of a managed resource allocated with bgmac_alloc(). It
should not be freed explicitly.
Remove the erroneous kfree() from the .remove() function.
Fixes: 34a5102c3235 ("net: bgmac: allocate struct bgmac just once & don't copy it"
Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac-bcma.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac-bcma.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac-bcma.c
index e6f48786949c..02bd3cf9a260 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac-bcma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac-bcma.c
@@ -332,7 +332,6 @@ static void bgmac_remove(struct bcma_device *core)
bcma_mdio_mii_unregister(bgmac->mii_bus);
bgmac_enet_remove(bgmac);
bcma_set_drvdata(core, NULL);
- kfree(bgmac);
}
static struct bcma_driver bgmac_bcma_driver = {
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2.34.1
Hello:
This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>:
On Mon, 13 Jun 2022 22:53:50 +0200 you wrote:
> 'bgmac' is part of a managed resource allocated with bgmac_alloc(). It
> should not be freed explicitly.
>
> Remove the erroneous kfree() from the .remove() function.
>
> Fixes: 34a5102c3235 ("net: bgmac: allocate struct bgmac just once & don't copy it"
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- net: bgmac: Fix an erroneous kfree() in bgmac_remove()
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/d7dd6eccfbc9
You are awesome, thank you!
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On 6/13/22 13:53, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> 'bgmac' is part of a managed resource allocated with bgmac_alloc(). It
> should not be freed explicitly.
>
> Remove the erroneous kfree() from the .remove() function.
>
> Fixes: 34a5102c3235 ("net: bgmac: allocate struct bgmac just once & don't copy it"
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
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