netdev - [PATCH][net-next] gianfar: Fix alloc_skb_resources on -ENOMEM cleanup path

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Date:	Thu, 8 Nov 2012 15:40:08 +0200
From:	Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@...escale.com>
To:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@...escale.com>
Subject: [PATCH][net-next] gianfar: Fix alloc_skb_resources on -ENOMEM cleanup path

Should gfar_init_bds() return with -ENOMEM inside gfar_alloc_skb_resources(),
free_skb_resources() will be called twice in a row on the "cleanup" path,
leading to duplicate kfree() calls for rx_|tx_queue->rx_|tx_skbuff resulting
in segmentation fault.
This patch prevents the segmentation fault to happen in the future
(rx_|tx_sbkbuff set to NULL), and corrects the error path handling
for gfar_init_bds().

Cc: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>

Signed-off-by: Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@...escale.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c |    8 ++++++--
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
index 1d03dcd..c5c82ad 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ static int gfar_alloc_skb_resources(struct net_device *ndev)
 	}
 
 	if (gfar_init_bds(ndev))
-		goto cleanup;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	return 0;
 
@@ -1356,7 +1356,9 @@ static int gfar_restore(struct device *dev)
 	if (!netif_running(ndev))
 		return 0;
 
-	gfar_init_bds(ndev);
+	if (gfar_init_bds(ndev))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	init_registers(ndev);
 	gfar_set_mac_address(ndev);
 	gfar_init_mac(ndev);
@@ -1709,6 +1711,7 @@ static void free_skb_tx_queue(struct gfar_priv_tx_q *tx_queue)
 		tx_queue->tx_skbuff[i] = NULL;
 	}
 	kfree(tx_queue->tx_skbuff);
+	tx_queue->tx_skbuff = NULL;
 }
 
 static void free_skb_rx_queue(struct gfar_priv_rx_q *rx_queue)
@@ -1732,6 +1735,7 @@ static void free_skb_rx_queue(struct gfar_priv_rx_q *rx_queue)
 		rxbdp++;
 	}
 	kfree(rx_queue->rx_skbuff);
+	rx_queue->rx_skbuff = NULL;
 }
 
 /* If there are any tx skbs or rx skbs still around, free them.
-- 
1.6.6


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