netdev - Re: [PATCH net] pppoe: fix reference counting in PPPoE proxy

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Message-Id: <20160217.160313.2285933128016667199.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 17 Feb 2016 16:03:13 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	g.nault@...halink.fr
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] pppoe: fix reference counting in PPPoE proxy

From: Guillaume Nault <g.nault@...halink.fr>
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 17:01:10 +0100

> Drop reference on the relay_po socket when __pppoe_xmit() succeeds.
> This is already handled correctly in the error path.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Guillaume Nault <g.nault@...halink.fr>
> ---
> No 'Fixes' tag, since this issue seems to predate git's history.

Hard to believe that such an obvious leak has existed for so long.

Applied, and queued up for -stable, thanks!