netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] rocker: fix a neigh entry leak issue

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Date:	Thu, 14 May 2015 22:26:24 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ying.xue@...driver.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us,
	sfeldma@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] rocker: fix a neigh entry leak issue

From: Ying Xue <ying.xue@...driver.com>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 09:33:25 +0800

> Once we get a neighbour through looking up arp cache or creating a
> new one in rocker_port_ipv4_resolve(), the neighbour's refcount is
> already taken. But as we don't put the refcount again after it's
> used, this makes the neighbour entry leaked.
> 
> Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
> Signed-off-by: Ying Xue <ying.xue@...driver.com>
> ---
> v2:
>   Add the checking of return value of neigh_create() with IS_ERR()
>   to avoid another crash, which is suggested by Eric Dumazet.

Doesn't this leak exist in the 'net' tree?

If so, why are you targetting such a bug fix for 'net-next'?
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