netdev - Re: [patch -next] stmmac: unwind properly in stmmac_dvr

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Date:	Tue, 21 Dec 2010 10:53:30 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	error27@...il.com
Cc:	peppe.cavallaro@...com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch -next] stmmac: unwind properly in stmmac_dvr_probe()

From: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 10:34:56 +0300

> The original code had a several problems:
> *) It had potential null dereferences of "priv" and "res".
> *) It released the memory region before it was aquired.
> *) It didn't free "ndev" after it was allocated.
> *) It didn't call unregister_netdev() after calling stmmac_probe().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>

Nice work, applied.

Thanks Dan.
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