netdev - Re: [PATCH] yellowfin: Fix buffer underrun after dev_alloc

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Date:	Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:17:01 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	roel.kluin@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] yellowfin: Fix buffer underrun after dev_alloc_skb()
 failure

From: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:59:14 +0200

>  	/* Reset the chip. */
>  	iowrite32(0x80000000, ioaddr + DMACtrl);
>  
> -	i = request_irq(dev->irq, &yellowfin_interrupt, IRQF_SHARED, dev->name, dev);
> -	if (i) return i;
> +	ret = request_irq(dev->irq, &yellowfin_interrupt, IRQF_SHARED, dev->name, dev);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
>  
>  	if (yellowfin_debug > 1)
>  		printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: yellowfin_open() irq %d.\n",
>  			   dev->name, dev->irq);
>  
> -	yellowfin_init_ring(dev);
> +	ret = yellowfin_init_ring(dev);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
>  
>  	iowrite32(yp->rx_ring_dma, ioaddr + RxPtr);
>  	iowrite32(yp->tx_ring_dma, ioaddr + TxPtr);

If yellowfin_init_ring() returns an error, you're leaking the IRQ
allocated by request_irq().
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