[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/2] net/mlx5: fix resource leak in case of error

[Raslan Darawsheh <rasland@mellanox.com>]

If something went wrong in mlx5 pci prop the allocated eth dev
will cause a memory leak.

This commit release the eth dev that was previously allocated.

Fixes: 771fa900b73a ("mlx5: introduce new driver for Mellanox ConnectX-4 adapters")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Raslan Darawsheh <rasland@mellanox.com>

---
v2 changes:
 Reword the commit log.

v3 changes:
 Reword the commit log.
 change the release to be only in primary process.
---
---
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c
index 3831e3d..c4ab166 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c
@@ -1063,6 +1063,8 @@ mlx5_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv __rte_unused,
 			claim_zero(mlx5_glue->dealloc_pd(pd));
 		if (ctx)
 			claim_zero(mlx5_glue->close_device(ctx));
+		if (eth_dev && rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_PRIMARY)
+			rte_eth_dev_release_port(eth_dev);
 		break;
 	}
 	/*
-- 
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