Thread (6 messages) 6 messages, 3 authors, 2024-05-06

Re: [PATCH net v3 2/2] ax25: Change kfree() in ax25_dev_free() to ax25_dev_put()

From: Markus Elfring <hidden>
Date: 2024-05-06 15:50:45
Also in: kernel-janitors, linux-hams, lkml

Replace it with a ax25_dev_put() call instead.
---
Changes in v3:
  - Make commit messages more clearer.
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
+++ b/net/ax25/ax25_dev.c
@@ -188,16 +188,13 @@ struct net_device *ax25_fwd_dev(struct net_device *dev)
  */
 void __exit ax25_dev_free(void)
 {
-	ax25_dev = ax25_dev_list;
-	while (ax25_dev != NULL) {
-		s        = ax25_dev;
-		netdev_put(ax25_dev->dev, &ax25_dev->dev_tracker);
-		ax25_dev = ax25_dev->next;
-		kfree(s);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(s, n, &ax25_dev_list, list) {
+		netdev_put(s->dev, &s->dev_tracker);
+		list_del(&s->list);
+		ax25_dev_put(s);
 	}
-	ax25_dev_list = NULL;
…

Can the increased application of the Linux list API be offered as
a separate update step?
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.9-rc7#n81

Regards,
Markus
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