Re: [PATCH 4.9.y] Revert "net: sit: fix memory leak in sit_init_net()"

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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



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