Hi Zhang, Thank you for the update and patch. -----Original Message----- From: Zhang Changzhong <zhangchangzhong@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: 14 November 2022 13:45 To: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@xxxxxxxxxx>; Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; EXTERNAL Kleine-Budde Marc (Pengutronix, XC-CT/ECP2) <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>; Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>; Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>; Arunachalam Santhanam (MS/ETA-ETAS) <arunachalam.santhanam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Zhang Changzhong <zhangchangzhong@xxxxxxxxxx>; linux-can@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PATCH v2] can: etas_es58x: free netdev when register_candev() failed in es58x_init_netdev() In case of register_candev() fails, clear es58x_dev->netdev[channel_idx] and add free_candev(). Otherwise es58x_free_netdevs() will unregister the netdev that has never been registered. Fixes: 8537257874e9 ("can: etas_es58x: add core support for ETAS ES58X CAN USB interfaces") Signed-off-by: Zhang Changzhong <mailto:zhangchangzhong@xxxxxxxxxx> --- v1 -> v2: change to the correct 'Fixes' tag according to Vincent Mailhol Acked-by: <arunachalam.santhanam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_core.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_core.c b/drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_core.c index 25f863b..ddb7c57 100644 --- a/drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_core.c +++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_core.c @@ -2091,8 +2091,11 @@ static int es58x_init_netdev(struct es58x_device *es58x_dev, int channel_idx) netdev->dev_port = channel_idx; ret = register_candev(netdev); - if (ret) + if (ret) { + es58x_dev->netdev[channel_idx] = NULL; + free_candev(netdev); return ret; + } netdev_queue_set_dql_min_limit(netdev_get_tx_queue(netdev, 0), es58x_dev->param->dql_min_limit); -- 2.9.5