netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] ipv6: clean up dev_snmp6 proc entry when we fail to initialize inet6

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Date:	Wed, 4 Nov 2015 16:36:54 +0100
From:	Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, dvyukov@...gle.com,
	hannes@...essinduktion.org, cwang@...pensource.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] ipv6: clean up dev_snmp6 proc entry when we fail
 to initialize inet6_dev

2015-11-04, 07:23:14 -0800, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Wed, 2015-11-04 at 14:47 +0100, Sabrina Dubroca wrote:
> > In ipv6_add_dev, when addrconf_sysctl_register fails, we do not clean up
> > the dev_snmp6 entry that we have already registered for this device.
> > Call snmp6_unregister_dev in this case.
> > 
> > Reported-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
> > ---
> > 
> > v2: we cannot call snmp6_unregister_dev from addrconf_core.c, this
> >     breaks CONFIG_IPV6=m, instead do the clean up directly from
> >     ipv6_add_dev
> >     thanks Cong.
> 
> Any idea when the bug was added ?
> 
> Can we please add a proper Fixes: tag for patches that need to be
> backported to stable versions ?
> 
> It seems to be
> 
> Fixes: a317a2f19da7d ("ipv6: fail early when creating netdev named all or default")
> 
> So this goes back to linux-3.17 ?
> 
> Thanks a lot Sabrina !

Sorry, I didn't do the archeology (well, run git blame).  That looks
correct, thanks Eric.

-- 
Sabrina
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