3.6.11.7-rc1 stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Zefan Li [ Upstream commit 11eb2645cbf38a08ae491bf6c602eea900ec0bb5 ] Otherwise the net device returned can be freed at anytime. Signed-off-by: Li Zefan Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- drivers/net/wan/dlci.c | 14 +++++++++----- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/dlci.c b/drivers/net/wan/dlci.c index 147614e..1f6e053 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wan/dlci.c +++ b/drivers/net/wan/dlci.c @@ -385,20 +385,24 @@ static int dlci_del(struct dlci_add *dlci) struct net_device *master, *slave; int err; + rtnl_lock(); + /* validate slave device */ master = __dev_get_by_name(&init_net, dlci->devname); - if (!master) - return -ENODEV; + if (!master) { + err = -ENODEV; + goto out; + } if (netif_running(master)) { - return -EBUSY; + err = -EBUSY; + goto out; } dlp = netdev_priv(master); slave = dlp->slave; flp = netdev_priv(slave); - rtnl_lock(); err = (*flp->deassoc)(slave, master); if (!err) { list_del(&dlp->list); @@ -407,8 +411,8 @@ static int dlci_del(struct dlci_add *dlci) dev_put(slave); } +out: rtnl_unlock(); - return err; } -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/