netdev - Re: [PATCH] xfrm: Fix xfrm_state

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Date:	Tue, 7 Dec 2010 17:31:57 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Thomas Egerer <thomas.egerer@...unet.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfrm: Fix xfrm_state_migrate leak

On Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 10:28:56AM +0100, Steffen Klassert wrote:
> From: Thomas Egerer <thomas.egerer@...unet.com>
> 
> xfrm_state_migrate calls kfree instead of xfrm_state_put to free
> a failed state. According to git commit 553f9118 this can cause
> memory leaks.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Egerer <thomas.egerer@...unet.com>
> Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>

Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>

Good catch.  Thanks!
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