From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Linux Netdev List <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] decnet: netdevice refcount leak
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:43:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4AF3E1B3.8070204@gmail.com> (raw)
David, if you accept the following patch for net-2.6, it would help me
if you also can pull it in net-next-2.6
Thanks
[PATCH] decnet: netdevice refcount leak
While working on device refcount stuff, I found a device refcount leak
through DECNET.
This nasty bug can be used to hold refcounts on any !DECNET netdevice.
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
---
net/decnet/sysctl_net_decnet.c | 7 +++----
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/decnet/sysctl_net_decnet.c b/net/decnet/sysctl_net_decnet.c
index 26b0ab1..2036568 100644
--- a/net/decnet/sysctl_net_decnet.c
+++ b/net/decnet/sysctl_net_decnet.c
@@ -263,11 +263,10 @@ static int dn_def_dev_strategy(ctl_table *table,
return -ENODEV;
rv = -ENODEV;
- if (dev->dn_ptr != NULL) {
+ if (dev->dn_ptr != NULL)
rv = dn_dev_set_default(dev, 1);
- if (rv)
- dev_put(dev);
- }
+ if (rv)
+ dev_put(dev);
}
return rv;
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2009-11-06 8:43 Eric Dumazet [this message]
2009-11-06 9:07 ` [PATCH] decnet: netdevice refcount leak David Miller
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