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[net-next,1/7] mlxsw: Call free_netdev when removing port

Message ID 1438872118-16869-2-git-send-email-jiri@resnulli.us
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Jiri Pirko Aug. 6, 2015, 2:41 p.m. UTC 
From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@mellanox.com>

When removing a port's netdevice we should also free the memory
allocated by alloc_etherdev(). Do this by calling free_netdev() at the
end of the teardown sequence.

Reported-by: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
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 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/switchx2.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/switchx2.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/switchx2.c
index 29b46ee..687f5cb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/switchx2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/switchx2.c
@@ -1079,6 +1079,7 @@  static void mlxsw_sx_port_remove(struct mlxsw_sx *mlxsw_sx, u8 local_port)
 	unregister_netdev(mlxsw_sx_port->dev); /* This calls ndo_stop */
 	mlxsw_sx_port_swid_set(mlxsw_sx_port, MLXSW_PORT_SWID_DISABLED_PORT);
 	free_percpu(mlxsw_sx_port->pcpu_stats);
+	free_netdev(mlxsw_sx_port->dev);
 }
 
 static void mlxsw_sx_ports_remove(struct mlxsw_sx *mlxsw_sx)