From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net_sched: sfq: fix mem alloc error recovery Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:13:01 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20120104.141301.1584452659395659449.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1325694144.2428.30.camel@edumazet-HP-Compaq-6005-Pro-SFF-PC> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: eric.dumazet@gmail.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([198.137.202.13]:51990 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751502Ab2ADTNE (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jan 2012 14:13:04 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1325694144.2428.30.camel@edumazet-HP-Compaq-6005-Pro-SFF-PC> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Eric Dumazet Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:22:24 +0100 > Since commit 817fb15dfd98 (net_sched: sfq: allow divisor to be a > parameter), we can leave perturbation timer armed if a memory allocation > error aborts sfq_init(). > > Memory containing active struct timer_list is freed and kernel can > crash. > > Call sfq_destroy() from sfq_init() to properly dismantle qdisc. > > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Applied.