Re: [PATCH net-next] rtnetlink: Fix memory(net_device) leak when ->newlink fails

2020-07-13 Thread Weilong Chen
On 2020/7/14 3:02, David Miller wrote: > From: Weilong Chen > Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 15:55:28 +0800 > >> When vlan_newlink call register_vlan_dev fails, it might return error >> with dev->reg_state = NETREG_UNREGISTERED. The rtnl_newlink should >> free the memory. But currently rtnl_newlink only

Re: [PATCH net-next] rtnetlink: Fix memory(net_device) leak when ->newlink fails

2020-07-13 Thread David Miller
From: Weilong Chen Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 15:55:28 +0800 > When vlan_newlink call register_vlan_dev fails, it might return error > with dev->reg_state = NETREG_UNREGISTERED. The rtnl_newlink should > free the memory. But currently rtnl_newlink only free the memory which > state is NETREG_UNINITIA

[PATCH net-next] rtnetlink: Fix memory(net_device) leak when ->newlink fails

2020-07-13 Thread Weilong Chen
When vlan_newlink call register_vlan_dev fails, it might return error with dev->reg_state = NETREG_UNREGISTERED. The rtnl_newlink should free the memory. But currently rtnl_newlink only free the memory which state is NETREG_UNINITIALIZED. BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0x8881051de000 (si