netdev - Re: [PATCH] net sched: fix some kernel memory leaks

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Date:	Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:14:45 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net sched: fix some kernel memory leaks

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:04:22 +0200

> We leak at least 32bits of kernel memory to user land in tc dump,
> because we dont init all fields (capab ?) of the dumped structure.
> 
> Use C99 initializers so that holes and non explicit fields are zeroed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Applied, thanks for fixing this Eric.
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