netdev - [PATCH] cpmac: do not leak struct net_device on phy

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Message-Id: <201006211007.49039.florian@openwrt.org>
Date:	Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:07:48 +0200
From:	Florian Fainelli <florian@...nwrt.org>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [PATCH] cpmac: do not leak struct net_device on phy_connect errors

If the call to phy_connect fails, we will return directly instead of freeing
the previously allocated struct net_device.

Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <florian@...nwrt.org>
CC: stable@...nel.org
---
diff --git a/drivers/net/cpmac.c b/drivers/net/cpmac.c
index 3c58db5..23786ee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cpmac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cpmac.c
@@ -1181,7 +1181,8 @@ static int __devinit cpmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		if (netif_msg_drv(priv))
 			printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Could not attach to PHY\n",
 			       dev->name);
-		return PTR_ERR(priv->phy);
+		rc = PTR_ERR(priv->phy);
+		goto fail;
 	}
 
 	if ((rc = register_netdev(dev))) {
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