netdev - Re: [PATCH 2.6.20-rc5] IPV6: skb is unexpectedly freed.

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Message-Id: <E1H9ZnX-0001z5-00@gondolin.me.apana.org.au>
Date:	Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:31:47 +1100
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	nakagawa.msy@...s.nec.co.jp (Masayuki Nakagawa)
Cc:	yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, mhuth@...sta.com,
	nakagawa.msy@...s.nec.co.jp
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.20-rc5] IPV6: skb is unexpectedly freed.

Masayuki Nakagawa <nakagawa.msy@...s.nec.co.jp> wrote:
> 
> I suggest to use kfree_skb() instead of __kfree_skb().

I agree.  In fact please do it for all paths in that function, i.e.,
just change __kfree_skb to kfree_skb rather than adding a special case
for this path.

Thanks,
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