This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled iavf: Fix error handling in iavf_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: iavf-fix-error-handling-in-iavf_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 295ec05b117e74c1ad5f8be12725dba7cb3c36bb Author: Yuan Can <yuancan@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon Nov 14 08:26:40 2022 +0000 iavf: Fix error handling in iavf_init_module() [ Upstream commit 227d8d2f7f2278b8468c5531b0cd0f2a905b4486 ] The iavf_init_module() won't destroy workqueue when pci_register_driver() failed. Call destroy_workqueue() when pci_register_driver() failed to prevent the resource leak. Similar to the handling of u132_hcd_init in commit f276e002793c ("usb: u132-hcd: fix resource leak") Fixes: 2803b16c10ea ("i40e/i40evf: Use private workqueue") Signed-off-by: Yuan Can <yuancan@xxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Konrad Jankowski <konrad0.jankowski@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c index cff03723f4f9..4e03712726f2 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c @@ -5196,6 +5196,8 @@ static struct pci_driver iavf_driver = { **/ static int __init iavf_init_module(void) { + int ret; + pr_info("iavf: %s\n", iavf_driver_string); pr_info("%s\n", iavf_copyright); @@ -5206,7 +5208,12 @@ static int __init iavf_init_module(void) pr_err("%s: Failed to create workqueue\n", iavf_driver_name); return -ENOMEM; } - return pci_register_driver(&iavf_driver); + + ret = pci_register_driver(&iavf_driver); + if (ret) + destroy_workqueue(iavf_wq); + + return ret; } module_init(iavf_init_module);