netdev - Re: [PATCH] DM9000: fix use of kfree() on net device

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Message-ID: <464007CC.1080203@garzik.org>
Date:	Tue, 08 May 2007 01:17:00 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Ben Dooks <ben-linux@...ff.org>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] DM9000: fix use of kfree() on net device

Ben Dooks wrote:
> The DM9000 network driver is calling kfree() on an netdev
> causing the system to oops if the probe fails. The right
> thing to do is call free_netdev().
> 
> Thanks to Russell King for spotting this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@...ff.org>

applied


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