netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] bridge: fix error handling in br_add

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Message-Id: <20080429.031750.252450213.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:17:50 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	shemminger@...tta.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, volodymyrgl@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] bridge: fix error handling in br_add_if()

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:29:25 -0700

> When device is added to bridge its refcnt is incremented (in new_nbp()), but if
> error occurs during further br_add_if() operations this counter is not
> decremented back. Fix it by adding dev_put() call in the error path.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Volodymyr G Lukiianyk <volodymyrgl@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>

Applied.
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