netdev - [PATCH] lantiq_etop: use free_netdev(netdev) instead of kfree()

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Date:	Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:31:42 +0800
From:	Wei Yongjun <weiyj.lk@...il.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net, jiri@...nulli.us, wfp5p@...ginia.edu,
	jdmason@...zu.us, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:	yongjun_wei@...ndmicro.com.cn, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] lantiq_etop: use free_netdev(netdev) instead of kfree()

From: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@...ndmicro.com.cn>

Freeing netdev without free_netdev() leads to net, tx leaks.
And it may lead to dereferencing freed pointer.

Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@...ndmicro.com.cn>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/lantiq_etop.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/lantiq_etop.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/lantiq_etop.c
index 6a21274..bfdb0686 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/lantiq_etop.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/lantiq_etop.c
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ ltq_etop_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return 0;
 
 err_free:
-	kfree(dev);
+	free_netdev(dev);
 err_out:
 	return err;
 }


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