netdev - Re: [net] net: Fix memory leak

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Message-Id: <20120710.233651.97700112989188430.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 10 Jul 2012 23:36:51 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:	amir.hanania@...el.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com,
	sassmann@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [net] net: Fix memory leak - vlan_info struct

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Mon,  9 Jul 2012 23:47:19 -0700

> From: Amir Hanania <amir.hanania@...el.com>
> 
> In driver reload test there is a memory leak.
> The structure vlan_info was not freed when the driver was removed.
> It was not released since the nr_vids var is one after last vlan was removed.
> The nr_vids is one, since vlan zero is added to the interface when the interface
> is being set, but the vlan zero is not deleted at unregister.
> Fix - delete vlan zero when we unregister the device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Amir Hanania <amir.hanania@...el.com>
> Acked-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>
> Tested-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
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