netdev - Re: [RFC][PATCH -mm take5 4/7] using symlink for the net

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Date:	Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:51:15 +0530
From:	"Satyam Sharma" <satyam.sharma@...il.com>
To:	"Keiichi KII" <k-keiichi@...jp.nec.com>
Cc:	"Matt Mackall" <mpm@...enic.com>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH -mm take5 4/7] using symlink for the net_device

Hi Keiichi,

On 6/19/07, Keiichi KII <k-keiichi@...jp.nec.com> wrote:
> Hello Satyam,
>
> > Sorry, but we're not covering from the error condition fully here. Note
> > that later you merge the temporary modify_target_list entirely back
> > into the target_list ... which would still contain these erroneous
> > nodes. A full cleanup (kobject_unregister the entry, and then list_del
> > from modify_target_list) is required here, before continuing.
>
> I will fix this. If the error occurs, I think so that we need to cleanup
> completely.

Yes, thanks.

> >> +                       strcpy(nt->np.dev_name, dev->name);
> >
> > ... you'll have move this up.
> >
>
> Why? I don't have opposition about moving this up, but I'm misplacing the abobe code?
> or it isn't appropriate about coding style?

As I said, _either_ you stick a "continue;" after recovering from the
error above this code (i.e. if the sysfs_create_link() just above this
line fails), _or_ you'll have to move the strcpy() up (above the
sysfs_create_link). Note that recovering fully would mean
unregistering the kobject for that target, deleting the node from the
modify_list and kfree'ing the struct netconsole_target *nt (otherwise
we'll have a memory leak on our hands). And if we've kfree'd nt, we'll
oops on trying to dereference it like we're doing in the strcpy here.

Thanks,
Satyam
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