This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
r8152: Release firmware if we have an error in probe
to the 6.1-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:
r8152-release-firmware-if-we-have-an-error-in-probe.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit c6d2e07bd5d4fbee44dfb1d5a9a615d546e6cfae
Author: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri Oct 20 14:06:55 2023 -0700
r8152: Release firmware if we have an error in probe
[ Upstream commit b8d35024d4059ca550cba11ac9ab23a6c238d929 ]
The error handling in rtl8152_probe() is missing a call to release
firmware. Add it in to match what's in the cleanup code in
rtl8152_disconnect().
Fixes: 9370f2d05a2a ("r8152: support request_firmware for RTL8153")
Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Grant Grundler <grundler@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c b/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
index fb9c1f3f6e5a4..c34974f7dfd26 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
@@ -9829,6 +9829,7 @@ static int rtl8152_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
cancel_delayed_work_sync(&tp->hw_phy_work);
if (tp->rtl_ops.unload)
tp->rtl_ops.unload(tp);
+ rtl8152_release_firmware(tp);
usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL);
out:
free_netdev(netdev);
