This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
eth: sp7021: drop free_netdev() from spl2sw_init_netdev()
to the 6.0-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
eth-sp7021-drop-free_netdev-from-spl2sw_init_netdev.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.0 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 4c67a0d5a6d1172c872b6c11ca5a647f3f053806
Author: Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed Nov 9 15:01:16 2022 +0000
eth: sp7021: drop free_netdev() from spl2sw_init_netdev()
[ Upstream commit de91b3197d15172407608b2c357aab7ac1451e2b ]
It's not necessary to free netdev allocated with devm_alloc_etherdev()
and using free_netdev() leads to double free.
Fixes: fd3040b9394c ("net: ethernet: Add driver for Sunplus SP7021")
Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221109150116.2988194-1-weiyongjun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sunplus/spl2sw_driver.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sunplus/spl2sw_driver.c
index 61d1d07dc070..d6f1fef4ff3a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sunplus/spl2sw_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sunplus/spl2sw_driver.c
@@ -286,7 +286,6 @@ static u32 spl2sw_init_netdev(struct platform_device *pdev, u8 *mac_addr,
if (ret) {
dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to register net device \"%s\"!\n",
ndev->name);
- free_netdev(ndev);
*r_ndev = NULL;
return ret;
}
