On 6/10/26 21:31, Zhiping Zhang wrote:
> When the last reference to an ST table entry is dropped,
> mlx5_st_dealloc_index() removed the entry from idx_xa but leaked the
> backing mlx5_st_idx_data allocation. Repeated alloc/dealloc cycles
> therefore accumulate one struct mlx5_st_idx_data per cycle.
>
> Free idx_data after the xa_erase() so the lifetime of the bookkeeping
> struct matches the lifetime of the ST entry it tracks.
>
> Fixes: 888a7776f4fb ("net/mlx5: Add support for device steering tag")
> Signed-off-by: Zhiping Zhang <[email protected]>
Since this is an obvious bug fix I think it shouldn't be part of this patch set
and go upstream completely independent.
Regards,
Christian.
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/st.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/st.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/st.c
> index 997be91f0a13..7cedc348790d 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/st.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/st.c
> @@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ int mlx5_st_dealloc_index(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, u16
> st_index)
>
> if (refcount_dec_and_test(&idx_data->usecount)) {
> xa_erase(&st->idx_xa, st_index);
> + kfree(idx_data);
> /* We leave PCI config space as was before, no mkey will refer
> to it */
> }
>
