From: Maxim Levitsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [PATCH] [NET] [002] dmfe : Fix possible oops
Deallocate memory after driver is unregistred to prevent oops Don't dereference NULL pointer that can be returned by dev_alloc_skb in case of oom Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- --- linux-2.6.20-mod/drivers/net/tulip/dmfe.c 2007-02-07 18:27:07.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.20-test/drivers/net/tulip/dmfe.c 2007-02-07 18:27:59.000000000 +0200 @@ -497,13 +497,16 @@ static void __devexit dmfe_remove_one (s DMFE_DBUG(0, "dmfe_remove_one()", 0); if (dev) { + + unregister_netdev(dev); + pci_release_regions(pdev); + + pci_free_consistent(db->pdev, sizeof(struct tx_desc) * DESC_ALL_CNT + 0x20, db->desc_pool_ptr, db->desc_pool_dma_ptr); pci_free_consistent(db->pdev, TX_BUF_ALLOC * TX_DESC_CNT + 4, db->buf_pool_ptr, db->buf_pool_dma_ptr); - unregister_netdev(dev); - pci_release_regions(pdev); free_netdev(dev); /* free board information */ pci_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL); } @@ -921,7 +924,7 @@ static inline u32 cal_CRC(unsigned char static void dmfe_rx_packet(struct DEVICE *dev, struct dmfe_board_info * db) { struct rx_desc *rxptr; - struct sk_buff *skb; + struct sk_buff *skb, *newskb; int rxlen; u32 rdes0; @@ -974,8 +977,10 @@ static void dmfe_rx_packet(struct DEVICE /* Good packet, send to upper layer */ /* Shorst packet used new SKB */ if ( (rxlen < RX_COPY_SIZE) && - ( (skb = dev_alloc_skb(rxlen + 2) ) + ( (newskb = dev_alloc_skb(rxlen + 2) ) != NULL) ) { + + skb = newskb; /* size less than COPY_SIZE, allocate a rxlen SKB */ skb->dev = dev; skb_reserve(skb, 2); /* 16byte align */ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with the Yahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html