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From: Markus Pietrek <eu.ml.linux-kernel@digi.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] i802.11: fixed memory leak on multicasts
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:38:09 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <462DB3E1.4040504@digi.com> (raw)

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Hi,

socket buffers were not always freed when receiving multicasts

Bye,
-- 
Markus Pietrek
Lead Software Engineer
Phone: +49-7667-908-501, Fax: +49-7667-908-200
mailto:markus.pietrek@digi.com

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Index: net/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /data/vcs/cvs/fsforth_products/LxNETES/linux/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c,v
retrieving revision 1.5
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -c -r1.5 -r1.6
*** net/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c	13 Apr 2007 12:39:38 -0000	1.5
--- net/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c	23 Apr 2007 15:51:28 -0000	1.6
***************
*** 860,868 ****
  		break;
  	}
  
! 	if (is_packet_for_us)
  		if (!ieee80211_rx(ieee, skb, stats))
  			dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
  	return;
  
  drop_free:
--- 860,871 ----
  		break;
  	}
  
! 	if (is_packet_for_us) {
  		if (!ieee80211_rx(ieee, skb, stats))
  			dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
+         } else
+                 dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
+         
  	return;
  
  drop_free:

                 reply	other threads:[~2007-04-24  7:35 UTC|newest]

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