netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: 8021q: Fix one possible panic caused by BUG_ON in free

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Date:   Mon, 19 Jun 2017 14:10:36 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     gfree.wind@....163.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: 8021q: Fix one possible panic caused by
 BUG_ON in free_netdev

From: gfree.wind@....163.com
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 15:00:02 +0800

> From: Gao Feng <gfree.wind@....163.com>
> 
> The register_vlan_device would invoke free_netdev directly, when
> register_vlan_dev failed. It would trigger the BUG_ON in free_netdev
> if the dev was already registered. In this case, the netdev would be
> freed in netdev_run_todo later.
> 
> So add one condition check now. Only when dev is not registered, then
> free it directly.
> 
> The following is the part coredump when netdev_upper_dev_link failed
> in register_vlan_dev. I removed the lines which are too long.
 ...
> Signed-off-by: Gao Feng <gfree.wind@....163.com>

Ok, I guess this is how we will have to fix this.

Applied, thanks.