netdev - [patch -next] hyperv: NULL dereference on error

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Date:	Thu, 4 Sep 2014 14:11:23 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
Cc:	devel@...uxdriverproject.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch -next] hyperv: NULL dereference on error

We try to call free_netvsc_device(net_device) when "net_device" is NULL.
It leads to an Oops.

Fixes: f90251c8a6d0 ('hyperv: Increase the buffer length for netvsc_channel_cb()')
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc.c
index 5b5644a..977984b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc.c
@@ -1054,10 +1054,8 @@ int netvsc_device_add(struct hv_device *device, void *additional_info)
 	struct net_device *ndev;
 
 	net_device = alloc_net_device(device);
-	if (!net_device) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto cleanup;
-	}
+	if (!net_device)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	net_device->ring_size = ring_size;
 
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