[PATCH 4.9.y] Revert "net: sit: fix memory leak in sit_init_net()"

From: Ajay Kaher
Date: Wed Oct 16 2019 - 05:09:26 EST


This reverts commit 375d6d454a95ebacb9c6eb0b715da05a4458ffef which is
commit 07f12b26e21ab359261bf75cfcb424fdc7daeb6d upstream.

Unnecessarily calling free_netdev() from sit_init_net().
ipip6_dev_free() of 4.9.y called free_netdev(), so no need
to call again after ipip6_dev_free().

Cc: Mao Wenan <maowenan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ajay Kaher <akaher@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv6/sit.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/sit.c b/net/ipv6/sit.c
index 47ca2a2..16eba7b 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/sit.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/sit.c
@@ -1856,7 +1856,6 @@ static int __net_init sit_init_net(struct net *net)

err_reg_dev:
ipip6_dev_free(sitn->fb_tunnel_dev);
- free_netdev(sitn->fb_tunnel_dev);
err_alloc_dev:
return err;
}
--
2.7.4