From: Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@xxxxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit d19987ccf57501894fdd8fadc2e55e4a3dd57239 ] Once driver finishes flashing the firmware image, it should release it. Fixes: 9c8bca2637b8 ("mlx5: Move firmware flash implementation to devlink") Signed-off-by: Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Aya Levin <ayal@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c @@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ static int mlx5_devlink_flash_update(str if (err) return err; - return mlx5_firmware_flash(dev, fw, extack); + err = mlx5_firmware_flash(dev, fw, extack); + release_firmware(fw); + + return err; } static u8 mlx5_fw_ver_major(u32 version)