[PATCH 4/9] s390: use free_netdev(netdev) instead of kfree()

From: Vasiliy Kulikov
Date: Sun Sep 26 2010 - 05:58:27 EST


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)
---
drivers/s390/net/ctcm_main.c | 4 ++--
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/ctcm_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/ctcm_main.c
index 6edf20b..2c7d2d9 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/ctcm_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/ctcm_main.c
@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ static struct net_device *ctcm_init_netdevice(struct ctcm_priv *priv)
dev_fsm, dev_fsm_len, GFP_KERNEL);
if (priv->fsm == NULL) {
CTCMY_DBF_DEV(SETUP, dev, "init_fsm error");
- kfree(dev);
+ free_netdev(dev);
return NULL;
}
fsm_newstate(priv->fsm, DEV_STATE_STOPPED);
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ static struct net_device *ctcm_init_netdevice(struct ctcm_priv *priv)
grp = ctcmpc_init_mpc_group(priv);
if (grp == NULL) {
MPC_DBF_DEV(SETUP, dev, "init_mpc_group error");
- kfree(dev);
+ free_netdev(dev);
return NULL;
}
tasklet_init(&grp->mpc_tasklet2,
--
1.7.0.4

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