[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] net/bnxt: fix freeing of representor info memory

Kalesh A P kalesh-anakkur.purayil at broadcom.com
Tue Sep 27 17:59:02 CEST 2022


From: Kalesh AP <kalesh-anakkur.purayil at broadcom.com>

Driver allocates "bp->rep_info" inside bnxt_init_rep_info() which is
invoked from bnxt_rep_port_probe(). But the memory is freed inside
bnxt_uninit_resources(), which is wrong. As a result, after error
recovery bp->rep_info will be NULL. The memory should have freed inside
bnxt_drv_uninit() to maintain symmetry of calls.

Fixes: 6dc83230b43b ("net/bnxt: support port representor data path")
Cc: stable at dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Kalesh AP <kalesh-anakkur.purayil at broadcom.com>
Reviewed-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde at broadcom.com>
Reviewed-by: Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur at broadcom.com>
---
 drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
index 84cf9a3..b033ad7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
@@ -1654,6 +1654,7 @@ static void bnxt_drv_uninit(struct bnxt *bp)
 	bnxt_free_link_info(bp);
 	bnxt_free_parent_info(bp);
 	bnxt_uninit_locks(bp);
+	bnxt_free_rep_info(bp);
 
 	rte_memzone_free((const struct rte_memzone *)bp->tx_mem_zone);
 	bp->tx_mem_zone = NULL;
@@ -5978,7 +5979,6 @@ bnxt_uninit_resources(struct bnxt *bp, bool reconfig_dev)
 
 	bnxt_free_flow_stats_info(bp);
 	bnxt_free_switch_domain(bp);
-	bnxt_free_rep_info(bp);
 	rte_free(bp->ptp_cfg);
 	bp->ptp_cfg = NULL;
 	return rc;
-- 
2.10.1



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