Re: [stable] [patch 12/20] nfnetlink_log: fix reference counting

[Greg KH]

On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 10:18:03PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
> 
> ------------------
> From: Michal Miroslaw <mirq-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> [NETFILTER]: nfnetlink_log: fix reference counting
> 
> Fix reference counting (memory leak) problem in __nfulnl_send() and callers
> related to packet queueing.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michal Miroslaw <mirq-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
> 
> ---
>  net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c |    3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> --- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
> @@ -220,7 +220,8 @@ _instance_destroy2(struct nfulnl_instanc
>  		/* timer "holds" one reference (we have one more) */
>  		if (timer_pending(&inst->timer)) {
>  			del_timer(&inst->timer);
> -			instance_put(inst);
> +
> +instance_put(inst);
>  		}
>  		if (inst->qlen)
>  			__nfulnl_send(inst);
> 

As this patch does nothing, it's now dropped.  It was my fault as the
original patch didn't apply and I messed up using quilt here.

thanks,

greg k-h
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