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* [PATCH net-next] net: add missing dev_put() in __netdev_adjacent_dev_insert
@ 2013-10-23 13:28 Nikolay Aleksandrov
  2013-10-23 13:36 ` Veaceslav Falico
  2013-10-25 23:04 ` David Miller
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Nikolay Aleksandrov @ 2013-10-23 13:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: netdev; +Cc: davem, Nikolay Aleksandrov, Veaceslav Falico

I think that a dev_put() is needed in the error path to preserve the
proper dev refcount.

CC: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@redhat.com>
---
 net/core/dev.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 0918aad..bdffd65 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4648,6 +4648,7 @@ remove_symlinks:
 
 free_adj:
 	kfree(adj);
+	dev_put(adj_dev);
 
 	return ret;
 }
-- 
1.8.1.4

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* Re: [PATCH net-next] net: add missing dev_put() in __netdev_adjacent_dev_insert
  2013-10-23 13:28 [PATCH net-next] net: add missing dev_put() in __netdev_adjacent_dev_insert Nikolay Aleksandrov
@ 2013-10-23 13:36 ` Veaceslav Falico
  2013-10-25 23:04 ` David Miller
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Veaceslav Falico @ 2013-10-23 13:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Nikolay Aleksandrov; +Cc: netdev, davem

On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 03:28:56PM +0200, Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote:
>I think that a dev_put() is needed in the error path to preserve the
>proper dev refcount.

True, forgot about it. Thanks for spotting this!

Acked-by: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@redhat.com>

>
>CC: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@redhat.com>
>Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@redhat.com>
>---
> net/core/dev.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
>diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
>index 0918aad..bdffd65 100644
>--- a/net/core/dev.c
>+++ b/net/core/dev.c
>@@ -4648,6 +4648,7 @@ remove_symlinks:
>
> free_adj:
> 	kfree(adj);
>+	dev_put(adj_dev);
>
> 	return ret;
> }
>-- 
>1.8.1.4
>

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* Re: [PATCH net-next] net: add missing dev_put() in __netdev_adjacent_dev_insert
  2013-10-23 13:28 [PATCH net-next] net: add missing dev_put() in __netdev_adjacent_dev_insert Nikolay Aleksandrov
  2013-10-23 13:36 ` Veaceslav Falico
@ 2013-10-25 23:04 ` David Miller
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: David Miller @ 2013-10-25 23:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: nikolay; +Cc: netdev, vfalico

From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 15:28:56 +0200

> I think that a dev_put() is needed in the error path to preserve the
> proper dev refcount.
> 
> CC: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@redhat.com>

Applied.

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread

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