Double cleanup in igb_attach
hiren panchasara
hiren at strugglingcoder.info
Tue Jan 27 19:36:26 UTC 2015
+ Jack
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 12:00:19AM +0000, Sreekanth Rupavatharam wrote:
> Apologies if this is not the right forum. In igb_attach function, we have this code.
> err_late:
> igb_detach(dev);
> igb_free_transmit_structures(adapter);
> igb_free_receive_structures(adapter);
> igb_release_hw_control(adapter);
> err_pci:
> igb_free_pci_resources(adapter);
> if (adapter->ifp != NULL)
> if_free(adapter->ifp);
> free(adapter->mta, M_DEVBUF);
> IGB_CORE_LOCK_DESTROY(adapter);
>
> The problem is that igb_detach also does the same cleanup in it?s body. Only exception is this case where it just returns EBUSY
> /* Make sure VLANS are not using driver */
> if (if_vlantrunkinuse(ifp)) {
> device_printf(dev,"Vlan in use, detach first\n");
> return (EBUSY);
> }
>
> I think the code in igb_attach should be changed to free up resources only if the igb_detach returns an error. Here?s the patch for it.
>
>
> Index: if_igb.c
>
> ===================================================================
>
> --- if_igb.c (revision 298025)
>
> +++ if_igb.c (working copy)
>
> @@ -723,7 +723,8 @@ igb_attach(device_t dev)
>
> return (0);
>
>
>
> err_late:
>
> - igb_detach(dev);
>
> + if(igb_detach(dev) == 0) /* igb_detach did the cleanup */
>
> + return;
>
> igb_free_transmit_structures(adapter);
>
> Can anyone comment on it and tell me if my understanding is incorrect?
>
Seems reasonable to me at the first glance.
We need to call IGB_CORE_LOCK_DESTROY(adapter) before returning though.
cheers,
Hiren
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