netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: check type when freeing metadata dst

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Date:   Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:57:57 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     equinox@...c24.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com,
        sridhar.samudrala@...el.com, horms@...ge.net.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: check type when freeing metadata dst

From: David Lamparter <equinox@...c24.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 14:31:35 +0200

> Commit 3fcece12bc1b ("net: store port/representator id in metadata_dst")
> added a new type field to metadata_dst, but metadata_dst_free() wasn't
> updated to check it before freeing the METADATA_IP_TUNNEL specific dst
> cache entry.
> 
> This is not currently causing problems since it's far enough back in the
> struct to be zeroed for the only other type currently in existance
> (METADATA_HW_PORT_MUX), but nevertheless it's not correct.
> 
> Fixes: 3fcece12bc1b ("net: store port/representator id in metadata_dst")
> Signed-off-by: David Lamparter <equinox@...c24.net>

Applied.