Re: [PATCH 1/9] ibm_newemac: use free_netdev(netdev) instead of kfree()
From: David Miller <hidden>
Date: 2010-09-27 01:54:38
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From: Vasiliy Kulikov <redacted> Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 13:58:00 +0400
Freeing netdev without free_netdev() leads to net, tx leaks. I might lead to dereferencing freed pointer. The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) @@ struct net_device* dev; @@ -kfree(dev) +free_netdev(dev)
Applied.