netdev - Re: [PATCH] net/bridge: use kobject_put to release kobject in br_add

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Date:	Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:21:09 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	shemminger@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	dfeng@...hat.com, bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/bridge: use kobject_put to release kobject in
 br_add_if error path

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:36:07 -0700

> On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:06:32 +0800
> Xiaotian Feng <dfeng@...hat.com> wrote:
> 
>> kobject_init_and_add will alloc memory for kobj->name, so in br_add_if
>> error path, simply use kobject_del will not free memory for kobj->name.
>> Fix by using kobject_put instead, kobject_put will internally calls
>> kobject_del and frees memory for kobj->name.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Xiaotian Feng <dfeng@...hat.com>
...
> 
> I assume you tested this by doing something like adding two interfaces
> with the same MAC address to a bridge.
> 
> Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>

Applied, thanks!
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