Re: [PATCH 1/9] ibm_newemac: use free_netdev(netdev) instead ofkfree()

From: David Miller
Date: Sun Sep 26 2010 - 21:54:43 EST


From: Vasiliy Kulikov <segooon@xxxxxxxxx>
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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