netdev - Re: [PATCH] bonding: fix error handling if slave is busy (v2)

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Date:	Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:49:35 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	nicolas.2p.debian@...il.com
Cc:	shemminger@...tta.com, fubar@...ibm.com, andy@...yhouse.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bonding: fix error handling if slave is busy (v2)

From: Nicolas de Pesloüan <nicolas.2p.debian@...il.com>
Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:09:50 +0100

> Le 01/01/2012 00:26, Stephen Hemminger a écrit :
>> If slave device already has a receive handler registered, then the
>> error unwind of bonding device enslave function is broken.
>>
>> The following will leave a pointer to freed memory in the slave
>> device list, causing a later kernel panic.
>> # modprobe dummy
>> # ip li add dummy0-1 link dummy0 type macvlan
>> # modprobe bonding
>> # echo +dummy0>/sys/class/net/bond0/bonding/slaves
>>
>> The fix is to detach the slave (which removes it from the list)
>> in the unwind path.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger<shemminger@...tta.com>
> 
> Thanks Stephen.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Nicolas de Pesloüan <nicolas.2p.debian@...e.fr>

Applied, thanks.
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