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staging: octeon: use free_netdev(netdev) instead of kfree() 

It is not guaranteed that free_netdev() is macro.
Freeing netdev without free_netdev() leads to net, tx leaks.
I might lead to dereferencing freed pointer.

Signed-off-by: Vasiliy Kulikov <segooon@gmail.com>
Acked-by: David Daney <ddaney@caviumnetworks.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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Vasiliy Kulikov 2010-09-28 21:08:01 +04:00 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent 8db3271cb2
commit c4711c3acb
1 changed files with 4 additions and 4 deletions
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drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c
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@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ static int __init cvm_oct_init_module(void)
if (register_netdev(dev) < 0) {
pr_err("Failed to register ethernet device for POW\n");
kfree(dev);
free_netdev(dev);
} else {
cvm_oct_device[CVMX_PIP_NUM_INPUT_PORTS] = dev;
pr_info("%s: POW send group %d, receive group %d\n",
@ -756,12 +756,12 @@ static int __init cvm_oct_init_module(void)
}
if (!dev->netdev_ops) {
kfree(dev);
free_netdev(dev);
} else if (register_netdev(dev) < 0) {
pr_err("Failed to register ethernet device "
"for interface %d, port %d\n",
interface, priv->port);
kfree(dev);
free_netdev(dev);
} else {
cvm_oct_device[priv->port] = dev;
fau -=
@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ static void __exit cvm_oct_cleanup_module(void)
cvm_oct_tx_shutdown_dev(dev);
unregister_netdev(dev);
kfree(dev);
free_netdev(dev);
cvm_oct_device[port] = NULL;
}
}