From: Gao Feng <gfree.w...@foxmail.com> The ipip6 allocates some resources in its ndo_init func, and free some of them in its destructor func. Then there is one memleak that some errors happen after register_netdevice invokes the ndo_init callback. Because only the ndo_uninit callback is invoked in the error handler of register_netdevice, but destructor not.
Now create one new func ipip6_destructor_free to free the mem in the destructor, and ndo_uninit func also invokes it when fail to register the ipip6 device. It's not only free all resources, but also follow the original desgin that the resources are freed in the destructor normally after register the device successfully. Signed-off-by: Gao Feng <gfree.w...@foxmail.com> --- v3: Split one patch to multiple commits, per David Ahern v2: Move the free in ndo_uninit when fail to register, per Herbert Xu v1: initial version net/ipv6/sit.c | 17 +++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ipv6/sit.c b/net/ipv6/sit.c index 99853c6..28c1649 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/sit.c +++ b/net/ipv6/sit.c @@ -464,6 +464,14 @@ isatap_chksrc(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct iphdr *iph, struct ip_tunnel *t) return ok; } +static void ipip6_destructor_free(struct net_device *dev) +{ + struct ip_tunnel *tunnel = netdev_priv(dev); + + dst_cache_destroy(&tunnel->dst_cache); + free_percpu(dev->tstats); +} + static void ipip6_tunnel_uninit(struct net_device *dev) { struct ip_tunnel *tunnel = netdev_priv(dev); @@ -477,6 +485,10 @@ static void ipip6_tunnel_uninit(struct net_device *dev) } dst_cache_reset(&tunnel->dst_cache); dev_put(dev); + + /* dev is not registered, perform the free instead of destructor */ + if (dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNINITIALIZED) + ipip6_destructor_free(dev); } static int ipip6_err(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 info) @@ -1329,10 +1341,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops ipip6_netdev_ops = { static void ipip6_dev_free(struct net_device *dev) { - struct ip_tunnel *tunnel = netdev_priv(dev); - - dst_cache_destroy(&tunnel->dst_cache); - free_percpu(dev->tstats); + ipip6_destructor_free(dev); free_netdev(dev); } -- 2.7.4