On Sa, 2014-09-13 at 01:27 -0700, Shakil A Khan wrote: > Signed-off-by: Shakil A Khan <shakilk1...@gmail.com> > --- > net/core/dst.c | 5 ++++- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/net/core/dst.c b/net/core/dst.c > index a028409..6a848b0 100644 > --- a/net/core/dst.c > +++ b/net/core/dst.c > @@ -284,7 +284,10 @@ void dst_release(struct dst_entry *dst) > int newrefcnt; > > newrefcnt = atomic_dec_return(&dst->__refcnt); > - WARN_ON(newrefcnt < 0); > + > + if (WARN(newrefcnt < 0, "dst reference count less than zero")) > + return; > + > if (unlikely(dst->flags & DST_NOCACHE) && !newrefcnt) > call_rcu(&dst->rcu_head, dst_destroy_rcu); > }
So change this to a memory leak which also has reliable concerns... You could just change this to a BUG_ON, but this will also allow a rogue app to kill the kernel. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
