Re: [PATCH] net/bridge: use kobject_put to release kobject inbr_add_if error path

[David Miller]

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:36:07 -0700

> On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:06:32 +0800
> Xiaotian Feng <dfeng@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> kobject_init_and_add will alloc memory for kobj->name, so in br_add_if
>> error path, simply use kobject_del will not free memory for kobj->name.
>> Fix by using kobject_put instead, kobject_put will internally calls
>> kobject_del and frees memory for kobj->name.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Xiaotian Feng <dfeng@xxxxxxxxxx>
...
> 
> I assume you tested this by doing something like adding two interfaces
> with the same MAC address to a bridge.
> 
> Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks!
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