netdev - Re: [PATCH] rtnl: reset calcit fptr in rtnl

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Date:   Wed, 09 Nov 2016 20:18:33 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     minipli@...glemail.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com,
        gregory.v.rose@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtnl: reset calcit fptr in rtnl_unregister()

From: Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>
Date: Mon,  7 Nov 2016 23:22:19 +0100

> To avoid having dangling function pointers left behind, reset calcit in
> rtnl_unregister(), too.
> 
> This is no issue so far, as only the rtnl core registers a netlink
> handler with a calcit hook which won't be unregistered, but may become
> one if new code makes use of the calcit hook.
> 
> Fixes: c7ac8679bec9 ("rtnetlink: Compute and store minimum ifinfo...")
> Cc: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
> Cc: Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>

Applied, thanks.