netdev - Re: [patch] missing dev_put() on error path in vif

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Date:	Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:50:02 +0800
From:	Wang Chen <ellre923@...il.com>
To:	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [patch] missing dev_put() on error path in vif_add()

Dan Carpenter said the following on 2009-11-11 20:03:
> The other error paths in front of this one have a dev_put() but this one 
> got missed.
> 
> Found by smatch static checker.
> 
> regards,
> dan carpenter
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
> 
> --- orig/net/ipv4/ipmr.c	2009-11-11 13:34:20.000000000 +0200
> +++ devel/net/ipv4/ipmr.c	2009-11-11 13:34:59.000000000 +0200
> @@ -483,8 +483,10 @@
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  	}
>  
> -	if ((in_dev = __in_dev_get_rtnl(dev)) == NULL)
> +	if ((in_dev = __in_dev_get_rtnl(dev)) == NULL) {
> +		dev_put(dev);
>  		return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
> +	}
>  	IPV4_DEVCONF(in_dev->cnf, MC_FORWARDING)++;
>  	ip_rt_multicast_event(in_dev);
>  

It's my fault. Introduced in 7dc00c82cbb0119cf4663f65bbaa2cc55f961db2.

Acked-by: Wang Chen <ellre923@...il.com>
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