Re: [PATCH] usb: gadget: net2280: fix memory leak on probe error handling paths

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On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 10:59:06AM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Wed, 2020-07-22 at 22:56 +0300, Evgeny Novikov wrote:
> > Hi Alan,
> > 
> > I have neither an appropriate hardware nor an experience to deal with
> > issues that you mentioned. Our framework does not allow to detect
> > them as well at the moment. At last, it seems that rather many
> > drivers can suffer from these issues. So, it would be much better if
> > somebody else will suggest necessary fixes and test them carefully.
> > 
> > BTW, you have already discussed the race within net2280_remove() with
> > my colleague about 3 years ago. But you did not achieve a consensus
> > at that time and no fixes were made after all.
> > 
> > Anyway, one can consider both issues independently on the one fixed
> > by the patch.
> 
> FYI. It looks like I'm likely to resume my work on that driver in the
> next few weeks in which case I could probably look into these Alan.

That probably won't be needed, although thanks for the offer.  I'll CC 
you on any patches when they are submitted.

Alan Stern



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