linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/9] s390: use free_netdev(netdev) instead of kfree()

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Date:	Sun, 26 Sep 2010 13:58:09 +0400
From:	Vasiliy Kulikov <segooon@...il.com>
To:	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Ursula Braun <ursula.braun@...ibm.com>,
	Frank Blaschka <blaschka@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux390@...ibm.com, Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 4/9] s390: use free_netdev(netdev) instead of kfree()

Freeing netdev without free_netdev() leads to net, tx leaks.
I might lead to dereferencing freed pointer.

The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows:
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

@@
struct net_device* dev;
@@

-kfree(dev)
+free_netdev(dev)
---
 drivers/s390/net/ctcm_main.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/ctcm_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/ctcm_main.c
index 6edf20b..2c7d2d9 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/ctcm_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/ctcm_main.c
@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ static struct net_device *ctcm_init_netdevice(struct ctcm_priv *priv)
 				dev_fsm, dev_fsm_len, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (priv->fsm == NULL) {
 		CTCMY_DBF_DEV(SETUP, dev, "init_fsm error");
-		kfree(dev);
+		free_netdev(dev);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	fsm_newstate(priv->fsm, DEV_STATE_STOPPED);
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ static struct net_device *ctcm_init_netdevice(struct ctcm_priv *priv)
 		grp = ctcmpc_init_mpc_group(priv);
 		if (grp == NULL) {
 			MPC_DBF_DEV(SETUP, dev, "init_mpc_group error");
-			kfree(dev);
+			free_netdev(dev);
 			return NULL;
 		}
 		tasklet_init(&grp->mpc_tasklet2,
-- 
1.7.0.4

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