linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] net-sysfs: Fix memory leak in netdev_register

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Message-ID: <20190319103133.GE9224@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 19 Mar 2019 12:31:33 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Wang Hai <wanghai26@...wei.com>
Cc:     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 v2] net-sysfs: Fix memory leak in netdev_register_kobject

On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 05:36:13PM -0400, Wang Hai wrote:
> When registering struct net_device, it will call
> 	register_netdevice ->
> 		netdev_register_kobject ->
> 			dev_set_name(dev, "%s", ndev->name)
> 			device_add(dev)
> 			register_queue_kobjects(ndev)
> 

>  - Improve the description of the cause of the bug, no code changes.

See my previous message.
NAK for this.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko