Re: [PATCH net v3] drivers: net: ionic: add missed debugfs cleanup to ionic_probe() error path

["Nelson, Shannon" <shannon.nelson@amd.com>]

On 11/7/2024 11:44 AM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 7 Nov 2024 11:31:50 -0800 Nelson, Shannon wrote:
>> On 11/6/2024 6:17 PM, Wentao Liang wrote:
>>>
>>> From: Wentao Liang <Wentao_liang_g@163.com>
>>>
>>> The ionic_setup_one() creates a debugfs entry for ionic upon
>>> successful execution. However, the ionic_probe() does not
>>> release the dentry before returning, resulting in a memory
>>> leak.
>>>
>>> To fix this bug, we add the ionic_debugfs_del_dev() to release
>>> the resources in a timely manner before returning.
>>>
>>> Fixes: 0de38d9f1dba ("ionic: extract common bits from ionic_probe")
>>> Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <Wentao_liang_g@163.com>
>>
>> Thanks!  -sln
>>
>> Acked-by: Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@amd.com>
> 
> Just in time to still make today's PR ;)
> 
> This change looks fine but as a future refactoring perhaps there should
> be a wrapper for:
> 
>          ionic_dev_teardown(ionic);
>          ionic_clear_pci(ionic);
>          ionic_debugfs_del_dev(ionic);
> 
> which pairs with ionic_setup() ?

Thanks, we'll keep that in mind.
sln