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) Signed-off-by: Vasiliy Kulikov <segooon@xxxxxxxxx> --- 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); } -- 1.7.0.4 -- 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
