netdev - Re: CAIF transmit bug

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Date:	Sun, 22 May 2011 23:35:03 +0200
From:	Sjur Brændeland <sjurbren@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: CAIF transmit bug

Hi Dave,

> net/caif/cfctrl.c:cfctrl_enum_req() does not check the return value of
> the ->transmit() method.
>
> The documentation for this method states that one error, ownership
> of the packet is transferred back to the caller, which means that we
> have a leak here.
>
> Please fix this bug.

The documentation was unfortunately outdated.
I just sent a patch-set including a fix for this.

Thank you for reviewing this.

Regards,
Sjur
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