netdev - Re: [PATCH] xfrm: fix a possible leak of dev reference count.

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Date:	Sun, 08 Aug 2010 20:17:17 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	kzjeef@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, error27@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfrm: fix a possible leak of dev reference count.

From: Zhang JieJing <kzjeef@...il.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 21:34:12 +0800

> call dev_put(dev) on error path.
> 
> Signed-off-by: JieJing.Zhang <kzjeef@...il.com>

There is no leak, the caller will dst_free() the dst and at
such time the device at dst->dev will be released.
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