netdev - Re: [PATCH] Fix rose.ko oops on unload

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Date:	Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:04:20 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
CC:	ralf@...ux-mips.org, davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	pidoux@....jussieu.fr
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix rose.ko oops on unload

Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> Quick'n'dirty fix to 100% oops on "rmmod rose". Do you want me to
> properly unwind everything before .24?
> -----------
> Commit a3d384029aa304f8f3f5355d35f0ae274454f7cd aka
> "[AX.25]: Fix unchecked rose_add_loopback_neigh uses"
> transformed rose_loopback_neigh var into statically allocated one.
> However, on unload it will be kfree's which can't work.

I'm definitely missing something...  assuming your patch is applied, 
where is the kfree() for rose_loopback_neigh ?

	Jeff



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