[PATCH 1/9] ibm_newemac: use free_netdev(netdev) instead of kfree()

David Miller davem at davemloft.net
Mon Sep 27 11:54:57 EST 2010


From: Vasiliy Kulikov <segooon at gmail.com>
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.


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