netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/3] net: fail alloc_netdev

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Date:	Mon, 18 Oct 2010 22:33:41 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] net: fail alloc_netdev_mq if queue count < 1

On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 11:02 -0700, Tom Herbert wrote:
> In alloc_netdev_mq fail if requested queue_count < 1.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>
> ---
>  net/core/dev.c |    6 ++++++
>  1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
> index 04972a4..76db105 100644
> --- a/net/core/dev.c
> +++ b/net/core/dev.c
> @@ -5511,6 +5511,12 @@ struct net_device *alloc_netdev_mq(int sizeof_priv, const char *name,
>  
>  	BUG_ON(strlen(name) >= sizeof(dev->name));
>  
> +	if (queue_count < 0) {
> +		printk(KERN_ERR "alloc_netdev: Unable to allocate device "
> +		       "with zero queues.\n");

Off by one?

Ben.

> +		return NULL;
> +	}
> +
>  	alloc_size = sizeof(struct net_device);
>  	if (sizeof_priv) {
>  		/* ensure 32-byte alignment of private area */

-- 
Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare Communications
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