netdev - Re: [PATCH] ipv6: release idev when ip6_neigh_lookup failed in icmp6_dst

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Date:	Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:48:41 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	roy.qing.li@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv6: release idev when ip6_neigh_lookup failed in
 icmp6_dst_alloc

Le vendredi 13 janvier 2012 à 16:33 +0800, roy.qing.li@...il.com a
écrit :
> From: RongQing.Li <roy.qing.li@...il.com>
> 
> release idev when ip6_neigh_lookup failed in icmp6_dst_alloc
> 
> Signed-off-by: RongQing.Li <roy.qing.li@...il.com>
> ---
>  net/ipv6/route.c |    1 +
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
> index 07361df..8c2e3ab 100644
> --- a/net/ipv6/route.c
> +++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
> @@ -1091,6 +1091,7 @@ struct dst_entry *icmp6_dst_alloc(struct net_device *dev,
>  	else {
>  		neigh = ip6_neigh_lookup(&rt->dst, &fl6->daddr);
>  		if (IS_ERR(neigh)) {
> +			in6_dev_put(idev);
>  			dst_free(&rt->dst);
>  			return ERR_CAST(neigh);
>  		}

Good catch, thanks.

Bug added in commit b43faac6906 (ipv6: If neigh lookup fails during
icmp6 dst allocation, propagate error.), 

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>


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