linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net-sysfs: Fix memory leak in netdev_register

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Date:   Tue, 19 Mar 2019 12:22:44 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     "wanghai (M)" <wanghai26@...wei.com>
Cc:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        davem@...emloft.net, idosch@...lanox.com,
        alexander.h.duyck@...el.com, tyhicks@...onical.com,
        f.fainelli@...il.com, amritha.nambiar@...el.com, joe@...ches.com,
        dmitry.torokhov@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net-sysfs: Fix memory leak in netdev_register_kobject

On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 11:39:54AM +0800, wanghai (M) wrote:
> 在 2019/3/19 11:15, Stephen Hemminger 写道:

> Device_del just delete device from system, but do not clean up
> dev->kobj.name.

May I ask how you get this conclusion?

>	In normal case,     the name is freed  in free_netdev(dev)->put_device(&dev->dev)->kobject_put(&dev->kobj)->kobject_cleanup()
> ,not in device_del()

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko