linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] pppoatm: protect against freeing of vcc

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Message-ID: <20121129092935.71efec7c@thirdoffive.cmf.nrl.navy.mil>
Date:	Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:29:35 -0500
From:	chas williams - CONTRACTOR <chas@....nrl.navy.mil>
To:	Krzysztof Mazur <krzysiek@...lesie.net>
Cc:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>, davem@...emloft.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	nathan@...verse.com.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] pppoatm: protect against freeing of vcc

On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:57:15 +0100
Krzysztof Mazur <krzysiek@...lesie.net> wrote:

> or if we really want to call vcc->pop() for such skbs:

you need to call ->pop() to cleaning up the wmem_alloc accounting.
otherwise you will get complaints from the atm stack later about
freeing a vcc that had outstanding data.
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