On 09/26/2010 01:58 PM, Vasiliy Kulikov wrote: > Freeing netdev without free_netdev() leads to net, tx leaks. > I might lead to dereferencing freed pointer. > > The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: > (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) > > @@ > struct net_device* dev; > @@ > > -kfree(dev) > +free_netdev(dev) > --- > Compile tested. > > drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c | 2 +- > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c b/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c > index 58ff123..18f1103 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c > +++ b/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c > @@ -3233,7 +3233,7 @@ static void __devexit slic_entry_remove(struct pci_dev *pcidev) > slic_global.num_slic_cards--; > slic_card_cleanup(card); > } > - kfree(dev); > + free_netdev(dev); > pci_release_regions(pcidev); > } > Acked-by: Denis Kirjanov <dkirjanov@xxxxxxxxxx> Good catch, thanks! -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
