On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 02:33:54PM +0530, Ajay Kaher wrote: > This reverts commit 375d6d454a95ebacb9c6eb0b715da05a4458ffef which is > commit 07f12b26e21ab359261bf75cfcb424fdc7daeb6d upstream. > > Unnecessarily calling free_netdev() from sit_init_net(). > ipip6_dev_free() of 4.9.y called free_netdev(), so no need > to call again after ipip6_dev_free(). > > Cc: Mao Wenan <maowenan@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Ajay Kaher <akaher@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > net/ipv6/sit.c | 1 - > 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/net/ipv6/sit.c b/net/ipv6/sit.c > index 47ca2a2..16eba7b 100644 > --- a/net/ipv6/sit.c > +++ b/net/ipv6/sit.c > @@ -1856,7 +1856,6 @@ static int __net_init sit_init_net(struct net *net) > > err_reg_dev: > ipip6_dev_free(sitn->fb_tunnel_dev); > - free_netdev(sitn->fb_tunnel_dev); > err_alloc_dev: > return err; > } > -- > 2.7.4 > Mao, are you ok with this change? thanks, greg k-h