netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] sh_eth: fix bitbang memory leak

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Message-ID: <514A08A8.9080704@cogentembedded.com>
Date:	Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:06:16 +0300
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, nobuhiro.iwamatsu.yj@...esas.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] sh_eth: fix bitbang memory leak

Hello.

On 03/20/2013 07:23 PM, David Miller wrote:

>
>> sh_mdio_init() allocates pointer to 'struct bb_info' but only stores it locally,
>> so that sh_mdio_release() can't free it on driver unload.  Add the pointer to
>> 'struct bb_info' to 'struct sh_eth_private', so that sh_mdio_init() can save
>> 'bitbang' variable for sh_mdio_release() to be able to free it later...
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
> Applied and queued up for -stable.

    Thank you for the quick reaction! :-)

WBR, Sergei

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