netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] NET: NETROM: Don't use static buffer.

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Date:	Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:09:27 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ralf@...ux-mips.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-hams@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] NET: NETROM: Don't use static buffer.

From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:38:17 +0100

> The use of a static buffer in nr_call_to_digi() to return its result is
> not threadproof and can result in corruption if multiple threads are
> trying to perform SIOCADDRT ioctls.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>

So what frees up these now-dynamically-allocated digi objects?
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