netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: rtm_to_ifaddr: free ifa if ifa

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Date:	Fri, 2 Aug 2013 12:22:29 +0200
From:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: rtm_to_ifaddr: free ifa if ifa_cacheinfo
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Fri, Aug 02, 2013 at 11:32:43AM CEST, dborkman@...hat.com wrote:
>Commit 5c766d642 ("ipv4: introduce address lifetime") leaves the ifa
>resource that was allocated via inet_alloc_ifa() unfreed when returning
>the function with -EINVAL. Thus, free it first via inet_free_ifa().
>
>Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
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