From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
To: Bhargava Chenna Marreddy <bhargava.marreddy@broadcom.com>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, michael.chan@broadcom.com,
pavan.chebbi@broadcom.com, vsrama-krishna.nemani@broadcom.com,
vikas.gupta@broadcom.com,
Rajashekar Hudumula <rajashekar.hudumula@broadcom.com>
Subject: Re: [v7, net-next 01/10] bng_en: make bnge_alloc_ring() self-unwind on failure
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 20:06:06 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250918190606.GA589538@horms.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANXQDtbXG2XjBa2ja1LY7gdALg-PnEyvQBWPAiXQqD0hvtwp=g@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 03:20:09PM +0530, Bhargava Chenna Marreddy wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 12, 2025 at 01:04:56AM +0530, Bhargava Marreddy wrote:
> > > Ensure bnge_alloc_ring() frees any intermediate allocations
> > > when it fails. This enables later patches to rely on this
> > > self-unwinding behavior.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Bhargava Marreddy <bhargava.marreddy@broadcom.com>
> > > Reviewed-by: Vikas Gupta <vikas.gupta@broadcom.com>
> > > Reviewed-by: Rajashekar Hudumula <rajashekar.hudumula@broadcom.com>
> >
> > Without this patch(set), does the code correctly release resources on error?
> >
> > If not, I think this should be considered a fix for net with appropriate
> > Fixes tag(s).
>
> Thanks for your feedback, Simon. This patch doesn't introduce a fix;
> the code already frees resources correctly.
> Instead, it modifies error handling by changing from caller-unwind to
> self-unwind within this function
Thanks for the clarification.
In that case, this looks good to me.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-09-18 19:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-11 19:34 [v7, net-next 00/10] Add more functionality to BNGE Bhargava Marreddy
2025-09-11 19:34 ` [v7, net-next 01/10] bng_en: make bnge_alloc_ring() self-unwind on failure Bhargava Marreddy
2025-09-16 15:12 ` Simon Horman
2025-09-18 9:50 ` Bhargava Chenna Marreddy
2025-09-18 19:06 ` Simon Horman [this message]
2025-09-11 19:34 ` [v7, net-next 02/10] bng_en: Add initial support for RX and TX rings Bhargava Marreddy
2025-09-11 19:34 ` [v7, net-next 03/10] bng_en: Add initial support for CP and NQ rings Bhargava Marreddy
2025-09-16 14:54 ` Simon Horman
2025-09-18 9:40 ` Bhargava Chenna Marreddy
2025-09-11 19:34 ` [v7, net-next 04/10] bng_en: Introduce VNIC Bhargava Marreddy
2025-09-11 19:35 ` [v7, net-next 05/10] bng_en: Initialise core resources Bhargava Marreddy
2025-09-16 15:45 ` Simon Horman
2025-09-18 10:49 ` Bhargava Chenna Marreddy
2025-09-11 19:35 ` [v7, net-next 06/10] bng_en: Allocate packet buffers Bhargava Marreddy
2025-09-14 20:31 ` Jakub Kicinski
2025-09-15 17:56 ` Bhargava Chenna Marreddy
2025-09-15 21:52 ` Jakub Kicinski
2025-09-11 19:35 ` [v7, net-next 07/10] bng_en: Allocate stat contexts Bhargava Marreddy
2025-09-11 19:35 ` [v7, net-next 08/10] bng_en: Register rings with the firmware Bhargava Marreddy
2025-09-16 15:51 ` Simon Horman
2025-09-18 10:41 ` Bhargava Chenna Marreddy
2025-09-18 19:06 ` Simon Horman
2025-09-17 20:14 ` [External] : " ALOK TIWARI
2025-09-11 19:35 ` [v7, net-next 09/10] bng_en: Register default VNIC Bhargava Marreddy
2025-09-17 20:18 ` ALOK TIWARI
2025-09-19 6:28 ` Bhargava Chenna Marreddy
2025-09-11 19:35 ` [v7, net-next 10/10] bng_en: Configure " Bhargava Marreddy
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