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Message-ID: <20110611155047.GA3583@shale.localdomain>
Date:	Sat, 11 Jun 2011 18:50:47 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
To:	WANG Cong <amwang@...hat.com>
Cc:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	"open list:NETWORKING [GENERAL]" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch] netpoll: call dev_put() on error in netpoll_setup()

There is a dev_put(ndev) missing on an error path.  This was
introduced in 0c1ad04aecb "netpoll: prevent netpoll setup on slave
devices".

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
---
This is a static checker bug, and it's possible I've misunderstood
something.

diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index 42ea4b0..18d9cbd 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -795,7 +795,8 @@ int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np)
 	if (ndev->master) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: %s is a slave device, aborting.\n",
 		       np->name, np->dev_name);
-		return -EBUSY;
+		err = -EBUSY;
+		goto put;
 	}
 
 	if (!netif_running(ndev)) {
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