netdev - Re: [PATCH 9/9] ixgbe: Fix potential memory leak/driver panic issue while setting up Tx & Rx ring parameters

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Message-Id: <20090402.011619.202997161.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:16:19 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com,
	mallikarjuna.chilakala@...el.com, peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com,
	stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/9] ixgbe: Fix potential memory leak/driver panic
 issue while setting up Tx & Rx ring parameters

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:35:24 -0700

> While setting up the ring parameters using ethtool the driver can
> panic or leak memory as ixgbe_open tries to setup tx & rx resources.
> The updated logic will use ixgbe_down/up after successful allocation of
> tx & rx resources
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mallikarjuna R Chilakala <mallikarjuna.chilakala@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>

Applied.
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