net: mvpp2: fix mvpp2 debugfs leak
When mvpp2 is unloaded, the driver specific debugfs directory is not removed, which technically leads to a memory leak. However, this directory is only created when the first device is probed, so the hardware is present. Removing the module is only something a developer would to when e.g. testing out changes, so the module would be reloaded. So this memory leak is minor. The original attempt in commit fe2c9c61 ("net: mvpp2: debugfs: fix memory leak when using debugfs_lookup()") that was labelled as a memory leak fix was not, it fixed a refcount leak, but in doing so created a problem when the module is reloaded - the directory already exists, but mvpp2_root is NULL, so we lose all debugfs entries. This fix has been reverted. This is the alternative fix, where we remove the offending directory whenever the driver is unloaded. Fixes: 21da57a2 ("net: mvpp2: add a debugfs interface for the Header Parser") Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk> Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Reviewed-by: Marcin Wojtas <mw@semihalf.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/E1ofOAB-00CzkG-UO@rmk-PC.armlinux.org.uk Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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