linux-kernel - Re: [RFC: 2.6.25 patch] ipv4/fib

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Message-Id: <20080219.162914.197514826.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:29:14 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dada1@...mosbay.com
Cc:	bunk@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC: 2.6.25 patch] ipv4/fib_hash.c: fix NULL dereference

From: Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:06:14 +0100

> Adrian Bunk a écrit :
> > Unless I miss a guaranteed relation between between "f" and 
> > "new_fa->fa_info" this patch is required for fixing a NULL dereference
> > introduced by commit a6501e080c318f8d4467679d17807f42b3a33cd5 and 
> > spotted by the Coverity checker.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
 ...
> Hum, you are right, kmem_cache_free() doesnt allow a NULL object, like kfree() 
> does.

Applied, thanks everyone.
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