netdev - Re: [patch v2] net/usb: remove err() messages in few drivers

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Message-ID: <208cbae30901130208xe47d222g6928cf4243ea1dd8@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:08:27 +0300
From:	"Alexey Klimov" <klimov.linux@...il.com>
To:	"David Brownell" <david-b@...bell.net>
Cc:	"Oliver Neukum" <oliver@...kum.org>, davem@...emloft.net,
	"Greg KH" <greg@...ah.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch v2] net/usb: remove err() messages in few drivers

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 12:44 PM, David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net> wrote:
> On Tuesday 13 January 2009, Oliver Neukum wrote:
>> > Ok, i'll reformat patch. Is it okay if i use kaweth->dev->dev,
>> > kaweth->net->dev and intf->dev ? Or switch to kaweth->net->dev
>> > (instead of dev->dev)?
>>
>> kaweth in kaweth_disconnect() frees the network device. Therefore
>> you cannot use it. You'd access freed memory. Pick one of the others
>> and stay with it.
>
> intf->dev is going to be "obviously correct", the others aren't.
>

Is this patch touch  kaweth_disconnect() ? I see dev_warn and dev_info
there. No dev_err.

-- 
Best regards, Klimov Alexey
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