This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled i40e: Fix error handling in i40e_init_module() 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: i40e-fix-error-handling-in-i40e_init_module.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 f2606b8f21c52e369d37a94297bab2acc2c13bf1 Author: Shang XiaoJing <shangxiaojing@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed Nov 16 09:27:25 2022 +0800 i40e: Fix error handling in i40e_init_module() [ Upstream commit 479dd06149425b9e00477f52200872587af76a48 ] i40e_init_module() won't free the debugfs directory created by i40e_dbg_init() when pci_register_driver() failed. Add fail path to call i40e_dbg_exit() to remove the debugfs entries to prevent the bug. i40e: Intel(R) Ethernet Connection XL710 Network Driver i40e: Copyright (c) 2013 - 2019 Intel Corporation. debugfs: Directory 'i40e' with parent '/' already present! Fixes: 41c445ff0f48 ("i40e: main driver core") Signed-off-by: Shang XiaoJing <shangxiaojing@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Gurucharan G <gurucharanx.g@xxxxxxxxx> (A Contingent worker at Intel) Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c index b3336d31f8a9..023685cca2c1 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c @@ -16652,6 +16652,8 @@ static struct pci_driver i40e_driver = { **/ static int __init i40e_init_module(void) { + int err; + pr_info("%s: %s\n", i40e_driver_name, i40e_driver_string); pr_info("%s: %s\n", i40e_driver_name, i40e_copyright); @@ -16669,7 +16671,14 @@ static int __init i40e_init_module(void) } i40e_dbg_init(); - return pci_register_driver(&i40e_driver); + err = pci_register_driver(&i40e_driver); + if (err) { + destroy_workqueue(i40e_wq); + i40e_dbg_exit(); + return err; + } + + return 0; } module_init(i40e_init_module);